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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Pierre Kalala Mukendi
Football forward
Reinhold Cassirer
Nadine Gordimer's husband
Sandy Mokoena
South African actor
Simon Nkoli
Activist
Tim Couzens
South African literary historian
Cuan McCarthy
South African cricketer
Ernest Halliwell
Cricketer
Friedrich von Mellenthin
General staff
Milija Aleksic
English goalkeeper
Gavin Watson
Businessman
Alex Forbes
Football player
Doug Rudham
South African footballer
Pearl Connor
Trinidadian actress
Maitland Hathorn
South African cricketer
Mickey Lill
English footballer
Percy Qoboza
South African journalist
Lionel Abrahams
South African novelist
Barney Simon
South African writer
Bertha Gxowa
Steve Kekana
South African singer
Charles Winslow
Tennis player
Zombo
South African singer
Norman Gordon
South African cricketer
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Former Shah of Iran
Andries Maseko
Football player
Miems de Bruyn
Actor
Roy McLean
South African cricketer
Barbara Burke
Olympic athlete
Arthur Apfel
British figure skater
John Moshoeu
South African football player
Ray Martin
Australian journalist
Percival Rubens
Film director
James Small
South African rugby union player
Apollo Milton Obote
Former President of Uganda
Kuli Roberts
Author
Jonathan Rands
Actor
Zainal Wiranto
Wiranto's son
Jonas Gwangwa
South African jazz musician
David Millin
South African film director
Bob Courtney
British-South African actor
Geoff Makhubo
Former Mayor of Johannesburg
Johnny Clegg
South African musician
Ernst van Heerden
Poet
Sindisiwe van Zyl
Zimbabwean-South African physician
Lamar Crowson
American pianist
Don Garrard
Singer
Riky Rick
South African rapper
