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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Eugène N. Terre Blanche
Eugène Terre'Blanche
South African police officer
Florence, Lady Phillips
Ahmed Deedat
South African author
Petrus Hugo
Ion Baciu
Olympic athlete
George Pomeroy Colley
British officer
Ken Gampu
South African actor
Senzo Meyiwa
Nobesuthu Mbadu
South African singer
Sheila Cussons
Poet
Irene Grootboom
South African activist
Johannes Hermanus Grobler
Politician
Andrew Murray
South African writer
Marthinus Lourens de Villiers
Composer
Josias Philip Hoffman
South African statesman
Jan Rabie
Writer
Tertius Bosch
South African cricketer
Judith Mason
South African artist
James Stevenson-Hamilton
P. W. Botha
Former State President of South Africa
Gé Korsten
South African tenor
P. K. Le Roux
South African Politician
Botha
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Ernest Henry Brass
Edzai Kasinauyo
Football player
Charles Hugh Alison
Golf course architect
George Lohmann
English cricketer
Pieter Hugo Naudé
South African painter
Boy Morkel
South African rugby union player
Winston Mankunku Ngozi
South African saxophone player
Olive Schreiner
South African author
Lucy Lloyd
Thomas Upington
Former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
John Scudder Sr.
Missioner
Pieter de Waal
South African commander
Leicester Paul Beaufort
Former Governor of North Borneo
Charles Carroll Wood
Canadian military officer
Jimmy Sinclair
South African cricketer
