More than two decades since the watershed global music event Live Aid, musician and humanitarian Bob Geldof continues his fascination with Africa. On Monday December 4th at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, Discovery HD presents the Canadian premiere of Geldof in Africa, a six-part series, filmed in high definition that chronicles Geldof’s personal journey across the continent.

Traveling through West Africa (Ghana, Benin and Mali), Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda) and East Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania and Somalia), Geldof explores the continent that the rest of the world seems to have left behind.

Each episode is 30 minutes in length and you can catch all six shows on December 4th or watch the encore presentation on Wednesday December 6 beginning at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT. Discovery channel viewers are out of luck since the program will only air on Discovery HD.

Episode details for the Geldof in Africa marathon follow below:

Geldof in Africa: “Luminous Continent”
Mon., Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
Life in Africa has always been a battle against nature, climate and geography. Geldof follows the evolutionary trail of mankind from our “Rift Valley” origins in the Laetoli Gorge, Tanzania, to the point on the northeastern coast of Africa where people first left to colonize the rest of the world. En route he travels through the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Masailand and encounters a group of the last few hundred remaining Hadsa people who still live as man did 50,000 years ago. His journey finishes amongst the warlords in the harsh burnt lands and disputed border territory of Somalia.

Geldof in Africa: “Cocoa, Slaves & Goo”
Mon., Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
Geldof travels along the West African coast in a battered old Peugeot 504 with his driver Ossie. On his way through Ghana he visits the old British slave fort of Cape Coast; a real life

“Willy Wonka” cocoa plantation in Bisiasi where he’s inaugurated a king; and the city of Voodoo, Ouidha in Benin. He reflects on the horrors of past and present slavery and the crippling modern-day trade restrictions placed upon African countries.

Geldof in Africa: “Apocalypse Still”
Mon., Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country badly in need of government – any government. Geldof journeys north up the river Congo on a UN patrol boat reflecting on the political chaos that rips Africa apart, perpetuating corruption and stifling hope. He visits the city of Kisangani – not too long ago a Hollywood haven for stars like Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn – and investigates a rumour that AIDS began here as a result of Western medicine trials. Today, this rumour prevents many Africans from trusting modern cures for disease. He also meets children in a Congolese school who still believe that the supernatural is more powerful than medicine and science.

Geldof in Africa: “Perfect Zero”
Mon., Dec. 4 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT
Geldof leaves the silence and emptiness of the Sahara desert. He travels 250 kilometres south to the legendary city of Timbuktu – the gateway to the desert – where he reflects on traditional and modern ways of education, largely believed to be a key to Africa’s success. Then, he journeys by river to the cosmopolitan port of Mopti and then visits the largest mud building in the world, a mosque in Djenne. He finishes his journey on the spectacular Bandiagara escarpment in Dogon country, Mali, where he stumbles upon a modern day tribe of slaves trying to empower themselves through learning.

Geldof in Africa: “Four Horsemen”
Mon., Dec. 4 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT
War, Famine, Plague and Death are the four horsemen of the Apocalypse and these days they’re riding hard through the back roads of Africa. Geldof begins in northern Uganda where little is heard outside of Africa about the war ravaging the region, and the carnage conducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army towards children. Then, Geldof journeys to Uganda’s capitol, Kampala, a modern city akin to many in Western Europe, featuring all the trappings and convenience of the modern world. Kampala was at the epicentre of the AIDS epidemic but in recent years has had the biggest success in reigning in the disease. Moving across the border into Northern Kenya, Geldof visits the largest UN relief base in the world at Lokichoggio, then heads into one of the most dangerous places on the planet the Sudan on a UN relief mission.

Geldof in Africa: “A Terrible Beauty”
Mon., Dec. 4 at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT
Ethiopia. It’s where Geldof’s personal march for justice began. On the 20th anniversary of Live Aid he returns to the country that first triggered his – and our – indignation over the mass famine and the deaths of many thousands in Northern Ethiopia. But there is another Ethiopia, one as diverse culturally rich as any in Europe. Geldof visits old and new favourite locations, including Addis Ababa and the ancient cathedrals of Lalibella carved deep into the rocks. In Gondar, he tours medieval castles; in Harar, Geldof visits a “Khat” market and witnesses the bewildering new trade in the amphetamine drug now grown and exported more than coffee; and finally, in the south he meets the Mursi tribe, a people who only learned they belonged to the country in the 1970s.