Survivor Africa: Panama

Survivor Africa: Panama was the first pan-regional season of the television show Survivor to air in central or southern Africa and it included contestants from the countries of Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The show was broadcast on the channel M-net from September 3, 2006, to November 19, 2006, during which time twelve episodes aired. The contestants for this season were initially split into two tribes, the Embera tribe, named after Panama's semi-nomadic and heavily body-painted tribe, whose buffs were blue, and the Kuna tribe, named after a traditionally matriarchal and politically organised people of Panama, whose buffs were red. During the pre-merge portion of the program the Embera tribe dominated as they won the majority of both the reward and immunity challenges while Kuna saw their numbers dwindle from six to three. When the tribes merged into the Nagual tribe their buff colors may have changed to yellow, but their original tribal alliances remained and the former members of Embera quickly voted out Yagazie "Yaga" Chuwumerje and Nana Sarpong, leaving Metasebia "Meti" Yilma as the only former Kuna member left in the game. Following the elimination of Nana, Tsholofelo "Tebby" Gasenelwe approached Meti and Olanike "Nike" Gbolahan about forming an all-girl alliance. Once formed, the girl alliance, along with Jeremiah Zulu, voted out both Leonard Mapuranga and the leader of the former Embera alliance, Derrick Assetto. When it came time for the final four, the contestants competed in two challenges in order to determine the final two. The first of these challenges was the "plank" challenge. As Meti was the first person to fall off the plank, she was eliminated from the game. As Tebby was the last person to fall off the plank, she automatically advanced to the final two. The other two contestants competed in a second challenge which Jeremiah won and advanced to the final two while Nike was eliminated. Ultimately, it was Gasenelwe from Botswana who won this season over Jeremiah Zulu with a jury vote of 6–0.

Finishing order

Contestant	Original tribes	Merged tribe	Finish
Chipo Nzonzo 35, Harare	Kuna		01 !1st Voted out Day 3
Ariomawha "Ario" Okenabirhie 32, Warri	Embera		02 !2nd Voted out Day 6
Lloyd Kalipinde 25, Lusaka	Kuna		03 !3rd Voted out Day 9
Frieda Karipi 29, Windhoek	Kuna		04 !4th Voted out Day 12
Yagazie "Yaga" Chuwumerje 23, Lagos	Kuna	Nagual	09 !5th Voted out 1st Jury Member Day 14
Nana Sarpong 30, Accra	Kuna		10 !6th Voted out 2nd Jury Member Day 16
Leonard Mapuranga 24, Harare	Embera		11 !7th Voted out 3rd Jury Member Day 18
Derrick Assetto 29, Nairobi	Embera		12 !8th Voted out 4th Jury Member Day 20
Metasebia "Meti" Yilma 27, Dire Dawa	Kuna		13 !Lost Challenge 5th Jury Member Day 21
Olanike "Nike" Gbolahan 24, Lagos	Embera		14 !Lost Challenge 6th Jury Member Day 21
Jeremiah Zulu 26, Lusaka	Embera		15 !Runner-Up Day 21
Tsholofelo "Tebby" Gasenelwe 24, Gaborone	Embera		16 !Sole Survivor Day 21

The game

Voting history

References

External links

• Official website