Africa
Whenever documentary filmmakers at Discovery Channel and the BBC unite for a project, stellar television seems to follow. The breakthrough natural history series "Life" stemmed from this collaboration in 2009, and "Africa" follows suit in stunning fashion. It's narrated by actor Forest Whitaker, who takes viewers on a journey through the vast and diverse continent. Four years in the making, during which more than 2,000 hours of video were shot, the program consists of six hourlong episodes that feature an array of never-before-filmed species, animal behaviors and previously unknown places. Cameras uncover the extreme dangers of the Kalahari, the dense forests and snow-capped peaks of the Savannah, the dynamic Congo rainforest, the ever-changing climate of the Cape and the massive and parched Sahara. A seventh episode, hosted by British naturalist David Attenborough, details changes Africa is undergoing and the challenges faced by a future generation of animals. … MORE
People born in Africa (First 49 people) - Page 52
Sulette Damons
South African field hockey player
Thomas François Burgers
Hendrik Potgieter
Political leader
Jano Vermaak
Rugby union scrum half
Gerrit Maritz
J. L. B. Smith
South African ichthyologist
Charles Theodore Te Water
South African Politician
Mzuvukile Tom
South African football player
James Kitching
South African paleontologist
Clayton Bosch
South African cricketer
Arthur Lennox Ochse
South African cricketer
Thomas Charles John Bain
South African engineer
Elize du Toit
South African actress
Allister Coetzee
South African coach
Fabian Juries
Ernest Edward Galpin
South African botanist
Jeremy Mansfield
Siphiwo Mahala
Author
Gugile Nkwinti
South African Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
James Rose Innes
Justice
Luzuko Vulindlu
Nataniël
South African singer
Unathi
Disc jockey
Africa Tsoai
South African actor
AB Crazy
Rapper
Abraham Fischer
South African statesman
Louis Botha
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Makhosazana Xaba
South African poet
Khutha Mchunu
Rugby union player
Geoff Griffin
Cricketer
Bobbie Heine Miller
South African tennis player
Eben Jansen
Rugby union player
Abel Goumba
Former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
Célestin Gaombalet
Former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
Édouard Frank
Former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
Nicolene Terblanche
South African field hockey player
Mpho Makola
South African soccer player
Ndumiso Mabena
South African soccer player
Zelda Jongbloed
South African journalist
Loyiso Gola
South African comedian
Black Dillinger
Mamela Nyamza
Dancer
Martin PK
South African singer
Siv Ngesi
South African actor
Engenas Lekganyane
Herman Mashaba
South African entrepreneur
Dr Malinga
Musician
