Africa Voices - First black African to conquer Everest and In January 2008, Vilane became the first black African to walk completely unassisted to the South Pole

CNN's African Voices meets South African adventurer Sibusiso Vilane, the first black African to climb Mount Everest.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/19/sibusiso.vilane.everest/index.html