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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Alan Lazar
South African composer
Jodi Bieber
South African photographer
Uli Aschenborn
Painter
Bradley Grobler
South African soccer player
Albie Sachs
South African lawyer
Arthur Chaskalson
Former Chief Justice of South Africa
Keaghan Jacobs
South African soccer player
Tebogo Langerman
South African soccer player
Scottnes L. Smith
Film director
Ryan Riback
Record producer
Gideon Mendel
Photographer
Lennie Lee
South African artist
Franci Swanepoel
Actress
Kendell Geers
Artist
Sheldon van der Linde
South African race car driver
Raymond Severn
Cricketer
Benjamin Dube
Jessica Kaye
Movie actress
Ephraim Mirvis
Rabbi
Kaizer Motaung Junior
Football player
Pnina Werbner
Anthropologist
Nick de Jager
Steven De Groote
South African classical pianist
Lucy Perry
Writer
Pieter Aldrich
Tennis player
Kevin Lerena
South African professional boxer
Lauren Beukes
South African novelist
Grant Hattingh
Rugby union player
Adam Bacher
South African cricketer
Jimmy Cook
South African footballer
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe
British-South African lawyer
Thillaiaadi Valliammai
Bruce Bvuma
South African footballer
Deklan Wynne
New Zealand footballer
Phyllis Spira
South African ballet dancer
Candice Nunes
Film actor
Jared Lipworth
Executive producer
Solly Mahlangu
Singer
Raymond Levitt
Peter Magubane
James Kantor
Deryck Beyleveld
Author
David Wolpert
Mees Erasmus
Conor McKerr
South African cricketer
Monica Mason
Ballet dancer
Aubrey Levin
Canadian psychiatrist
