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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David Bosch
Theologian
Camille Lepage
French photojournalist
Jackie Paterson
Boxer
Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy
Former Governor of British Mauritius
Giovanni Pretorius
South African boxer
Winnie Mandela
Former Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Keorapetse Kgositsile
South African poet
Mantfombi Dlamini
Goodwill Zwelithini's wife
Shona Ferguson
Actor
Mary Twala
South African actress ‧ Somizi Mhlongo's mother
Winston Ntshona
South African playwright
Sizwe Motaung
South African football player
Johanna Brandt
South African spy
Peter Roebuck
English cricketer
Herbie Taylor
South African cricketer
Dorothea Bleek
German-South African anthropologist
Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon
Mthokozisi Nxumalo
Former Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Cyprian Bhekuzulu
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Politician
Marquis de Morès
French politician
Ernest Henry Brass
Desmond Tutu
South African bishop
Denise Darvall
Peter Clarke
English football player
Johannes Mashiane
South African serial killer
Feziwe Faith Radebe
Lucas Radebe's wife
Constand Viljoen
South African commander
Marc Batchelor
Gregoire Boonzaier
South African artist
Betsie Verwoerd
Former Spouse of the Prime Minister of South Africa
Carel Boshoff
South African Politician
John Gilbert Kotze
South African author
Siener van Rensburg
Ove Andersson
Swedish race car driver
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
South African poet
Paul Eilers
Actor
Hansie Cronje
South African cricketer
John Gainsford
South African rugby union player
Deon van der Walt
South African tenor
Tinus Linee
South African rugby union player
Kevin Carter
South African photojournalist
Miriam Tlali
South African novelist
Zephania Mothopeng
Political figure
Louis Tancred
South African cricketer
Paul Winslow
South African cricketer
Amina Cachalia
South African Politician
