Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife

STOP STOP I HAVE TO SAY THIS FIRST IT TOOK THEM FOUR WHOLE YEARS TO FILM THIS THING AND WE ARE TALKING NEARLY THIRTY DIFFERENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT IS A SEVEN EPISODE DOCUSERIES CALLED AFRICA EARTHS WILD HOME FROM NATGEO AND WUNMI MOSAKU WHO YOU KNOW FROM LOKI AND SINNERS AND LOVECRAFT COUNTRY IS DOING THE ENTIRE NARRATION AND SHE SAID SHE WAS BORN IN NIGERIA AND RAISED IN ENGLAND SO SHE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THE CONTINENT AND EACH EPISODE DIGS RIGHT INTO A SPECIFIC ECOSYSTEM LIKE JUNGLES AND DESERTS AND PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS AND ISLANDS AND THEN THEY CLOSE OUT BY SHOWING OFF THE SCIENTISTS AND EXPLORERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO ACTUALLY SHOT THE DAMN THING AND THE FINAL EPISODE IS ALL ABOUT LOCAL CONSERVATION LEADERS PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY ANYWAY THE DJ IS COOKING, LET US GO.

HONESTLY I HAD TO CHECK IT WAS NOT A JOKE THAT NATGEO SPENT FOUR ENTIRE YEARS ROAMING ACROSS NEARLY THIRTY NATIONS IN AFRICA JUST TO MAKE A SEVEN PART SERIES ABOUT WILDLIFE AND THEY GOT WUNMI MOSAKU FROM SINNERS AND LOKI TO DO THE NARRATION WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE SHE TOLD ARS SHE WAS HONORED NATGEO EVEN KNEW HER NAME AND WANTED TO RECONNECT WITH HER ROOTS AFTER BEING BORN IN NIGERIA AND RAISED IN ENGLAND AND THE THING IS EVERY SINGLE EPISODE TACKLES A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE FROM DESERTS TO JUNGLES TO AFRICAN ISLANDS AND THEN SPOTLIGHTS THE REAL SCIENTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE GROUND PLUS THE FINALE FOCUSES ENTIRELY ON LOCAL RESEARCHERS WORKING TO SAVE THE BIODIVERSITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND SHE SAID THERE WAS SO MUCH SHE DID NOT KNOW OK YOUR TURN, TELL ME SOMETHING.

NatGeo's new seven-part documentary series Africa: Earth's Wild Home, filmed across nearly 30 countries over four years and spotlighting diverse ecosystems, is narrated by actor Wunmi Mosaku.

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