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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Charles Fortune
South African sports journalist
Trudie Taljaard
South African actress
Patrick Chamunda
François Louis Auguste Goiran
Former Mayor of Nice
Esther Barsel
Dorothy Masuka
Singer
Nomazizi Mtshotshisa
Cyril Ramaphosa's ex-wife
Buster Nupen
Cricketer
Jackie Gibbons
Footballer
Hedley Churchward
Painter
Thomas Huffman
Archaeologist
Keith Joubert
South African artist
Bobby Hume
Footballer
Brian Birch
English footballer
Tom Nesbitt
Actor
Mxolisi Maake Ka-Ncube
Wilfred Chiwenga
Lethukuthula Zulu
Sir Edward Hulse, 6th Baronet
British Politician
Julian Ogilvie Thompson
South African businessman
George Albu
Albu baronets
Marmaduke Wetherell
British-South African actor and screenwriter
Riky Musician
Musical artist
Jock Cameron
South African cricketer
Irene Grootboom
South African activist
Hugh Bingham
Pieter de Waal
South African commander
Thami
Musical artist
Robert Ardrey
American playwright
Pieter van der Bijl
South African cricketer
Orkhan Dzhemalʹ
Bob Catterall
South African cricketer
Louis Moolman
Rugby union player
James Rose Innes
Justice
Newton Ogilvie Thompson
Former Chief Justice of South Africa
Johannes de Villiers Graaff
South African economist
Neelamperoor Madhusoodanan Nair
Indian poet
Cecil Lolo
South African footballer
Robert Sobukwe
South African revolutionary
Adolph Malan
Fighter pilot
Sailor Malan
Fighter pilot
Neville Quinn
Cricketer
Dukesoul
DJ
William Timlin
Architect
Andries Putter
South African military personnel
Johannes Kerkorrel
South African singer-songwriter
Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz
Dutch explorer
