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 59
Andreas Kern
Film actor
Dane Vilas
South African cricketer
Jenna Dover
Actress
Audrey Cruddas
Costumer
Christian Dierks
German lawyer
Norman Seeff
Photographer
Glen Dell
South African aerobatic pilot
Steven Odendaal
Motorcycle racer
Ken Oosterbroek
South African photojournalist
Bruce Mitchell
Drummer
Guy Tillim
South African photographer
Sydney Kentridge
South African lawyer
Danny K
South African singer
Watkin Tudor Jones
South African rapper
Harry Bloom
South African journalist ‧ Orlando Bloom's father
Paul Yule
Photojournalist
Johannes Kerkorrel
South African singer-songwriter
Colin Viljoen
Footballer
Pia Marais
Film director
Davide Somma
South African footballer
James Dalton
South African rugby union player
Joseph H. H. Weiler
American academic
Claude Chevalley
French mathematician
Sara Hurwitz
Spiritual leader
Max Gluckman
South African-British anthropologist
Mike Schutte
South African professional boxer
Olga Edwardes
British-South African actress
Victor Sekekete
Bryce Courtenay
Australian-South African novelist
Vanessa Zachos
Film actress
Tim Hurson
Writer
Abe Segal
South African tennis player
Dimas
Portuguese former footballer
Bruce Lester
Film actor
Nick Abendanon
Rugby union player
Ali Bacher
South African cricketer
Clive Rice
South African cricketer
Johan Botha
South African operatic tenor
Roelof van der Merwe
Dutch-South African cricketer
Gert van den Bergh
South African film actor
John Eekelaar
Marc James Roels
Film director
Joseph Wolpe
Psychiatrist
Stanley Mandelstam
South African physicist
Michael Lumb
South African cricketer
Richard Levi
South African cricketer
Thomas Aiken
South African professional golfer
