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 0
Oswald Pirow
Former Minister of Justice of South Africa
Philip van der Walt
Rugby player
Meyrick Pringle
South African cricketer
Ali Mgijima
Rugby union player
Lucy Terry
Prince Whipple
American soldier
Redoshi
Amos Fortune
Businessperson
Saint Maurus
Monk
Juvenal of Narni
Martyr
Anne Civardi
Author
Guru Maharaj Ji
Nigerian spiritual leader
Kalulu
Henry Morton Stanley's son
Kathryn Ross (writer)
British writer
Marcos Xiorro
Margarette May Macaulay
Jamaican Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Jean-François Papillon
Works attributed to Florus
Poet
Sofiane Labidi
Olympic athlete
Quintian of Rodez
Saint
Exuperantius of Cingoli
Éric Allégret
Elie Allégret's son
André Allégret
Jean-Paul Allégret
Elie Allégret's son
Pope Gelasius I
Former Pope
Aurelius Victor
Historian
Gaius Marius Victorinus
Philosopher
Thomas Charles Scanlen
Politician
Renaldo Bothma
Rugby union flanker
Sonia Mbele
Actress
Lood de Jager
South African rugby player
Hans Vonk
Dutch conductor
Keegan Ritchie
South African football player
Ruben van Heerden
Walter Chawaguta
Zimbabwean cricketer
Janine van Wyk
South African soccer player
Johann Harmse
Actor
Martin Carelse
Football player
Monique Olivier
Swimmer
Nico van Rensburg
South African professional golfer
Shane Kirkwood
South African rugby union player
JVW
South African soccer player
Grant Esterhuizen
South African former rugby union player
Juarno Augustus
Rugby union player
Israel Makoe
Actor
Sydney Mufamadi
South African Politician
Kate Mantsho
Jacob Zuma's wife
