Best Collection Of TV Shows About Africa

A documentary series focusing on the music from Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The show centers on the songs and score from the movie and features interview with director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, among others.

OTT Platforms for Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever are Disney Plus

In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.

OTT Platforms for Yasuke are Netflix

A teenager who can make herself invisible is used by an idiot to take control of the neighborhood and then meets a mysterious art student.

OTT Platforms for Zero are Netflix

An author who has dedicated his career to solving paranormal cases, returns home to South Africa to investigate the biggest mystery of his life: His sister's death in a water canal 20 years ago.

OTT Platforms for Dead Places are Netflix

A four-part series set over a year in Africa and focuses on each season, revealing the different conditions they bring. Temperatures, rain, and light change every animal as they adapt to the new season.

OTT Platforms for Africa's Wild Year are fuboTV, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, and Sling TV Orange and Blue

Renowned wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan gets close to wild cheetah in the stunning Kalahari, experiencing first hand the very real dangers these beautiful big cats face.

OTT Platforms for Cheetah Family & Me are Sky Go, Virgin TV Go

The Masire brothers rule Johannesburg's criminal underworld, but a supernatural family curse and a tangled web of betrayal threaten to destroy them.

OTT Platforms for Kings of Jo'Burg are Netflix

Explorer and filmmaker Reza Pakravan has set off on an epic journey along Africa's most volatile and dangerous borders to discover the lives of those who live there.

After crossing paths at a party, a Cape Town teen sets out to prove whether a private-school swimming star is her sister who was abducted at birth.

OTT Platforms for Blood & Water are Netflix

There can be few better ways to reconnect to nature than coming nose to beak or cheek to jowl with wildlife. This extraordinary 6-part series reveals the best places on the planet to encounter the world's wildest animals. Discover where killer whales cruise the coastlines and grizzlies catch fish in the wild; trek deep into the jungle to meet silver-backed gorillas and embark on an African safari. From anacondas to zebras this is the ultimate guide to wildlife encounters the world over.

Three story strands are interwoven into a sophisticated action-packed thriller that covers the length and breadth of South Africa, explosively colliding in Cape Town in a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, smuggled diamonds, state security, Black Rhinos, the CIA and an international terrorist plot.

OTT Platforms for Trackers are ShowMax

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

OTT Platforms for When They See Us are Netflix

In this anthology series, heroic scientists risk all to deal with deadly outbreaks.

OTT Platforms for The Hot Zone are fuboTV, Hulu, and DIRECTV Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and Vudu.

A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what happened to the man she loved.

OTT Platforms for The Widow are Amazon Prime Video, Virgin TV Go Amazon Video.

Delve into some brutal murders that occurred in Cape Town, South Africa.

Craig and his friends, Kelsey and JP, venture out into a kid-controlled wilderness in the creek.

OTT Platforms for Craig of the Creek are Hulu, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Sling TV Orange and Blue, and Cartoon Network Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and Vudu.

OTT Platforms for Rooted are ShowMax

Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.

OTT Platforms for Africa's Great Civilizations are Hoopla Apple TV, Amazon Video.

A dramatization of Nelson Mandela's struggle to overturn apartheid in South Africa.

OTT Platforms for Madiba are Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, CBS, and Bet+ Amazon Channel Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, and Vudu.

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

OTT Platforms for Taboo are Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sky Go, and Netflix basic with Ads Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, and Sky Store.

Cape Town. Police captain Mat Joubert used to be the best, solved every crime, got every killer. But that was a year ago, before his wife Lara was murdered while working undercover. Mat's been on a downward spiral ever since, haunted by a blurred past, uncertain which role he played in the murder of his wife. Now Mat is an out of shape chain smoker who is ambivalent about the crime-ridden world around him. Gradually, Mat begins to overcome the ghosts of his past. But in order to stop the violence of his current cases he must relive the nightmare of his wife's murder.

Simba's son, Kion, assembles a group of animals to protect the Pride Lands, known as the Lion Guard.

OTT Platforms for The Lion Guard are Disney Plus Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies.

Experience the incredible and inspiring rebirth of an African wilderness through the eyes of an Emmy-winning wildlife cameraman. American-born, African-raised Bob Poole embarks on an amazing adventure: spending two years living in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, Southern Africa, joining scientists and conservationists in the battle to re-wild this once-legendary national park.

The cameras follow the lives of human and animal families living in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. They also follow the story of a safari camp run by wildlife expert Saba Douglas-Hamilton and an elephant conservation charity run by her husband Frank Pope.

OTT Platforms for This Wild Life are Virgin TV Go

Enter the battlefields of Africa, arenas bathed in a history of savagery and blood, where big cats and big crocs have reigned supreme for centuries. Here in the open plains, muddy swamps, and deep rivers, these super predators don't simply survive in hostile and unforgiving conditions, they thrive because of them. See how these four-legged assassins adapt to their surroundings and use the terrain to unlock new hunting techniques, seek out new prey, and amplify their age-old skills by using the lay of the land.

OTT Platforms for Africa's Predator Zones are CBS Amazon Video.

Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent’s railways to immerse himself in the joy and sometimes the frustration of travelling through a beautiful and beguiling continent, using the most romantic method of transportation. Travelling a total of 7000 miles over five journeys, he explores fascinating landscapes, encounters unforgettable wildlife and meets extraordinary people. Stunning aerial photography combines with observational travelogue to produce a fresh portrait of Africa through Griff’s experiences on and off the train. On each epic trip across five episodes, he discovers how the railway reveals a great deal about the places he travels through. Griff uses the train to get to unexpected places in deserts and forests, villages and cities, learning stories of their past and finding out how they are used today. Griff travels th

Before 30 follows the lives of 4 modern African women, living successfully in the city of Lagos. Together, they deal with the daily struggle against society and culture, and the pressure to be married before they turn 30 years old.

Australian celebrities are dropped into the African jungle with little more than their wits, strength and willpower to survive the competition. How will they cope with African wildlife, a constant series of challenges and tests, basic rations and their fellow campmates? Who will survive the infamous Bush Tucker Trials? Who will win the hearts of viewers and be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle?

Explorer Levison Wood sets out on a nine-month walk along the length of the River Nile, visiting rainforests, deserts, cities and war zones, and encountering modern Africa, its people and its wildlife.

OTT Platforms for Walking the Nile are Discovery+ Amazon Channel Amazon Video.