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
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Mickey Arthur
South African-Australian cricketer
Daniel Biro
Composer
Murray Clive Walker
Actor
Jonathan Liebesman
South African film director
Malcolm Clark
Australian musician
Jonty Hurwitz
South African artist
Alan Hirsch
Author
Ian Shapiro
Professor
Vicky Stavropoulou
Actress
Tansey Coetzee
Cindy Nell
Amor Vittone
South African singer
Jessica Marais
South African-Australian actress
Allan MacLeod Cormack
South African-American physicist
Ivan Glasenberg
Executive
Darron Meyer
Actor
Gavin Hardkiss
Musician
Helen Zille
Premier of the Western Cape
Caiphus Semenya
South African composer
Matthew Parris
British-South African writer
Butch James
South African rugby union player
Christopher Hope
South African novelist ‧ Daniel Hope's father
Fiona Ramsey
South African actress
Joe Vaz
Actor
Marius Weyers
South African actor
Moonyeenn Lee
Casting director
Giulio Biccari
Cinematographer
Lawrence Haddad
British economist
Kagiso Rabada
South African cricketer
Dena Kaplan
Australian-South African actress
Ian Evans
Footballer
Rynhardt Elstadt
South African rugby union player
Jaco van Heerden
George F. R. Ellis
Professor
Zakes Mokae
American actor
Hiawyn Oram
Author
Cariba Heine
South African-Australian actress
Trevyn McDowell
Actress
Sheila Steafel
British actress
Abner Pastoll
British-South African film director
Dean Geyer
South African-Australian singer-songwriter
Beverley Naidoo
South African author
Clive Calder
South African-British executive
Prince Damien
Singer
Jenna Saras
Actress
Jenni Russell
Columnist
Candice Hillebrand
South African actress
