This first season of Horizons is taking us to South Africa where we’ll be immersed in three different universes. How a music genre that you know (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) emerged from deep within the mines, and became an anthem of hope to generations of men? Why don’t we know more about the Great African Empires? And who are the Gumbis, the people who reclaimed their land damaged by the Apartheid regime and from its ashes made a thriving wildlife reserve. These stories will challenge the romanticised war on poaching by providing a more nuanced and inclusive approach to conservation, away from the hateful slogans. They will shed light on the reasons why we didn’t learn about Mapungubwe or Great Zimbabwe, which are among the great state level societies of pre colonial Africa. We’ll finally witness the courage, grit and resilience of generations of mine workers for whom art and music brought colours to the grey reality they found themselves living in during the apartheid.