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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
31 May 2009

Number of seasons
  
1

Executive producer
  
Mark Burnett

6.6/10
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Genre
  
RealityDocumentary

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
8

Final episode date
  
12 July 2009

Number of episodes
  
8

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Starring
  
Pasquale ScatturoMireya MayorBenedict AllenKevin Sites

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming

Similar
  
Expedition Impossible, Shark Wranglers, Around the World in 80 Ways, Survivor, Expedition Unknown

Expedition africa history television


Expedition Africa is an eight-part reality television miniseries that originally aired from May 31, 2009 (2009-05-31) to July 12, 2009 (2009-07-12) on History. Produced by Mark Burnett, the program follows four modern day explorers—a navigator, a wildlife expert, a survivalist, and a journalist—as they substantially retrace H.M. Stanley's famed expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone. Their route deviates somewhat from Stanley's in that it includes a treacherous crossing of the Uluguru Mountains, which Stanley circumvented. Additionally, whereas Stanley took roughly 8 months to find Livingstone, the explorers on the show have 30 days to complete the 970-mile journey deep into the interior of Tanzania.

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Series expedition africa


Cast

So far, the cast consisted of four members (listed in alphabetical order below).

  • Benedict Allen is an explorer, author, and filmmaker. Benedict's adventures have taken him from Siberia to South America, where he once completed an eight-month journey to become the first outsider ever to cross the Amazon basin at its widest point. Nevertheless, he does not have much experience in Africa. The author of 10 books, Benedict serves as the group's survivalist. Benedict often chafes under Pasquale's leadership.
  • Mireya Mayor is an anthropologist, wildlife correspondent, and former cheerleader for the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Mireya, who has a PhD and master's degree in anthropology, is a two-time Emmy Award-nominated correspondent for the National Geographic Channel. Her work has provided her with extensive field experience studying primates, snakes, and other wild animals indigenous to the continent. Mireya is sometimes annoyed by what she perceives as Pasquale's condescending treatment towards the only woman in the group, as well as by Kevin's inexperience.
  • Pasquale Scatturo is an adventurer and geophysicist who has led expeditions all over the world, including three to Mount Everest. Pasquale once successfully led a dangerous 3,260 mile expedition from the source of the Nile River high in the mountains of Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea, an experience which was captured in the IMAX film, Mystery of the Nile. Pasquale serves as the group's navigator and de facto leader, though his perceived domineering manner sometimes creates conflict with other members.
  • Kevin Sites is an award-winning war correspondent and author who has worked for ABC, NBC and CNN. As a backpack journalist, he covered every major conflict in the world in one year for Yahoo! News. On the series he's depicted as a motivated but inexperienced explorer. He's often seen advocating on behalf of the porters, but some in the group regard this sensitivity as him transposing his own concerns onto others. Kevin also performs as a trained EMT, helping out where needed medically, and sometimes comes into conflict with Mireya, who believes her past expedition experiences outweigh Kevin's "book" knowledge.

    • Episodes

    Episode 1: Lost in Africa

    Episode 2: First Victim

    Episode 3: Hunters Become The Hunted

    Episode 4: African Monsoon

    Episode 5: Danger In the Desert

    Episode 6: Malaria Claims an Explorer

    Episode 7: Heart of Darkness

    Episode 8: The Final Chapter

    References

    Expedition Africa Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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