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 Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie
Corrie Sanders
South African professional boxer
Albert Hertzog
Politician
Zack du Plessis
South African actor
Leabua Jonathan
Pieter Wenning
South African painter
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef
South African artist
Zofia Kuratowska
Former Poland Ambassador to South Africa
Charlie Weir
Boxer
Kenneth Mubu
South African Politician
Daisy de Melker
Nurse
Alwyn Schlebusch
South African Politician
Kitch Christie
South African coach
Gert van Rooyen
South African serial killer
Jaap Marais
Author
Oleseng Shuping
South African gospel singer
Lothar Neethling
Police officer
Jan Ellis
Salty du Rand
South African rugby union player
Stephanus Schoeman
Political leader
Reino Tolvanen
Finnish actor
Alexis Preller
South African painter
Fanie du Plessis
Olympic athlete
Keryn Jordan
Footballer
Solomon Mahlangu
Kwadwo BaahWiredu
Ghanaian Politician
Jackie McGlew
Cricketer
Archie Mafeje
Author
Mof Myburgh
Oswald Pirow
Former Minister of Justice of South Africa
Kalim Siddiqui
British writer
Rudolph Lewis
South African cyclist
Vuyisile Mini
Singer
Totius
Poet
Edna Molewa
South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
William Mgimwa
Tanzanian Politician
Frans Oerder
Dutch painter
Ernest George Jansen
Former Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet
Former Chief Justice of South Africa
Andreas Liebenberg
South African commander
Gerald Dreyer
Boxer
Gerhard de Kock
Former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
Johannes P. Louw
Linguist
Joseph Befe Ateba
Diocesan bishop
Marais Viljoen
Former State President of South Africa
Peter Hathaway Capstick
American hunter
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Former Premier of the Free State
