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 died in Africa (First 49 people) - Page 19
Gustav Preller
Journalist
Manilal Gandhi
Kasturba Gandhi's son
Thabo Edwin Mofutsanyana
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff
South African statesman
Bert Vogler
South African cricketer
Mondli Cele
South African association football player
Jack Vincent
Ornithologist
Harry Gwala
South African Politician
Marjorie Clark
South African olympic athlete
Fish Markham
South African cricketer
Barbara Steel
Mary Elizabeth Barber
Botany scientist
Charles Hime
South African cricketer
Peter Cormac Sutherland
Author
Paul Randles
South African cricketer
Sol Plaatje
South African journalist
Basil Kenyon
South African rugby union player
Joseph Willoughby
South African cricketer
Collins Chabane
Former Minister in the Presidency of South Africa
Andy Malcolm
English footballer
Peter van der Merwe
South African cricketer
Stompie Mavi
Singer
Walter Battiss
South African artist
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Andries Pretorius' son
T. T. Cloete
Poet
Piet Cronjé
General
Rex Rabanye
South African musician
Ken McArthur
Olympic athlete
Ferdinand Postma
Nick Bierman
South African general
Elifasi Msomi
Serial killer
Gamal Lineveldt
Reeva Steenkamp
Margaret Roberts
South African herbalist
Pik Botha
Former South African Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ruben Kruger
South African rugby union player
Jackie Selebi
Former National Commissioner of the South African Police Service
Vusumzi Make
South African civil rights activist
Leontine Sagan
Austrian theatre director
Robert Broom
South African doctor
Magnus Malan
Former Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of South Africa
Sylvia Raphael
Police agent
J. B. M. Hertzog
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Louis Botha
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Kate Mantsho
Jacob Zuma's wife
Piet Joubert
Commander
Dolly Rathebe
South African musician
