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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Jan Smuts
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Smuts J. C.
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Isaac Kheto Nxumalo
George Eastham Sr.
Football player
Mathew Stewardson
Actor
Reza Shah
Former Shah of Iran
Ashley Callie
South African actress
Nadine Gordimer
South African writer
Frank Wild
Explorer
Evelyn Mase
South African nurse
Joost van der Westhuizen
South African rugby union player
Ernest Oppenheimer
Entrepreneur
Joe Slovo
Former Minister of Human Settlements of South Africa
Helen Suzman
Former Member of the South African House of Assembly
Raymond Dart
Australian anatomist
Vic Oliver
Actor
Hugh Masekela
South African trumpeter
Makgatho Mandela
Nelson Mandela's son
Oliver Tambo
South African Politician
Emrys Jones
English actor
Stephen Gray
Astronomer
Sinclair Beiles
South African poet
Milton Obote
Former President of Uganda
Chakufwa Chihana
Siegfried Müller
German mercenary
Ludwig Lachmann
Economist
Reg Park
Bodybuilder
Linda Mkhize
South African rapper
Phil Masinga
South African footballer
Graham Armitage
Film actor
David R. Ellis
American film director
Jamie Uys
South African film director
Norman Carr
Helen Joseph
South African activist
Solomon Linda
South African musician
Joe Stewardson
Film actor
Harry Oppenheimer
South African businessman
Nthato Motlana
South African businessman
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
South African lawyer
Ahmed Kathrada
South African Politician
David Goldblatt
British sports writer
Adelaide Tambo
Political figure
Allister Sparks
South African writer
Morgan Tsvangirai
Former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
N. P. van Wyk Louw
Poet
Patrick Karegeya
Rudi Ball
Ice hockey player
