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Cinema of Africa
List of African films

A list of African films by country of origin. Please note that this list may not be entirely accurate or up-to-date.

Algeria

Main article: List of Algerian films

Angola

Main article: List of Angolan films

Benin

Main article: List of Beninese films

Botswana

• Gods Must Be Crazy, The (1980)
• Gods Must Be Crazy II, The (1989)

Burkina Faso

Main article: List of Burkinabé films

Burundi

• Gito, l'ingrat (1992)
• Ni-Ni (1980

Cameroon

Main article: List of Cameroonian films

Cape Verde

• Amílcar Cabral (2000)
• Fintar o Destino (1998)
• Flagelados do Vento Leste, Os (1988)
• Ilha dos Escravos, A (2006)
• Ilhéu da Contenda (1996)
• Longshots (1994)
• Siza, l'architecte et la vieille ville (2005)
• Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno, O (1997)

Central African Republic

• Lengue (1985)
• Nzale (1985)
• Silence de la forêt, Le (2003)
• Un homme est un homme (1981)
• Yangba bolo (1985)

Chad

Main article: List of Chadian films

Daresalam

Congo

Main article: List of Congolese films

Djibouti

Egypt

Main article: List of Egyptian films

Eritrea

• Fetihe do KimrAweki
• Hidrido hadar
• meAnta
• Wetoto
• Maebel
• Siqta semayat
• Dagmay Hiwet

Ethiopia

• Adwa (1999)
• Blood Is Not Fresh Water (1997)
• Gir-gir (1997)
• Gouma (1975)
• Menged (2006)
• Mirt Sost Shi Amit (1975)
• Mogzitwa (2003)
• Ye Wonz Maibel (1995)

Gabon

Main article: List of Gabonese films

Ghana

Tokosi, Wife of The Gods Documentary by Kofi Boateng

Trokosi: (wife of the Gods). Produced/directed by Kofi Boateng. 1994, 25 min. Documents a system of providing young girls as servants/slaves to priests among the Ewe people of southeastern Ghana. These "inmates" (or wives of Gods) must serve for an indefinite time as workers and wives to atone for family crimes that can date back to the 17th century. In English and Ewe with subtitles in English

Some Ghanaian films include: Sankofa, Desperate Desire, Faithful Liar, Abroo Ne Bayie-Yente Gyae, The Mask, Abroo Ne Bayie, Mountain of Evil

Guinea

Main article: List of Guinean films

Guinea-Bissau

• Fanado (1984)
• Mascara, A (1995)
• Mortu Nega (1988)
• N'tturudu (1986)
• Po di Sangui (1996)
• Udju Azul di Yonta (1992)
• Xime (1994)

Ivory Coast

Main article: List of Ivorian films

Kenya

Main article: List of Kenyan films

Liberia

• Word Universe: A Journey to West Africa, The (1995)

Libya

• Al Tariq (1975)
• Ambassadeurs, Les (1977)
• Last Jews of Libya, The (2007)
• Lion of the Desert (1981)
• Lorsque le destin s'acharne (1972)
• Message, The (1976)
• Pustinjska ladja (1976)
• Risâlah, al- (1976)

Madagascar

• Angano... Angano... (1989)
• Dahalo, Dahalo (1983)
• Fitampoha (1980)
• Ilo Tsy Very (1987)
• Mahaleo (2005)
• Prix de la paix, Le (1987)
• Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer (1996)
• Souli (2004)
• Tabataba (1988)
• Very Remby (1974)

Malawi

• Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi

Mali

Main article: List of Malian films

Martinique

• Aimé Césaire: Un Voix Pour Histoire (1994)

Mauritania

Main article: List of Mauritanian films

• Waiting for Happiness (2002)

Mauritius

Main article: List of Mauritian films

Morocco

Main article: List of Moroccan films

• Ali Zaoua (2000)
• Marock (2005)
• Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)

Mozambique

Main article: List of Mozambican films

Namibia

• Argument About a Marriage, An (1969)
• Baobab Play (1971)
• Bitter Melons (1971)
• Bonnie's Momentum (2004)
• Diamonds and Rust (2001)
• Imiti ikula (2001)
• Leni Riefenstahl im Sudan (2000)
• Red Scorpion (1989)
• Uno's World (2001)

Niger

Main article: List of Nigerien films

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Main article: List of Nigerian films

Rwanda

• 100 Days (2001)
• Gardiens de la mémoire (2004)
• Histoire de tresses (2003)
• Manirafashwa (1986)
• Rwanda, les collines de l'effort (1987)
• Sometimes in April (2005)
• ikigeragezo cy' ubuzima (2007)
• kanyombya (2008)
• ikigeragezo cy' ubuzima 2 (2008)
• Kigali got game (2009)

Somalia

• Dan Iyo Xarago (1973)
• Geedka nolosha (1988)
• Miyi io Magalo (1968)

South Africa

Main article: List of South African films

Sudan

Tanzania

• Bongoland (2003)
• Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001)

Togo

• Ashakara (1991)
• Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti (1979)
• Bawina (1988)
• Blooms of Banjeli, The (2000)
• Dilemme d'Eya, Le (2002)
• Femmes aux yeux ouverts (1994)
• Gobal Player (2000)
• Kouami (1972)
• Sarah Maladoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie (1999

Tunisia

Main article: List of Tunisian films

Uganda

ABC Africa (2001) - directed by Abbas Kiarostami

• Full of Energy (2004)
• Invisible Children (2006)
• Pretty Dresses (2006)
• Divizionz (2007)

Western Sahara

Zaire

Main article: list of Democratic Republic of the Congo films

• Burndown (1990)
• Crapaud chez ses beaux-parents, Le (1992)
• Damier, Le (1996)
• Macadam tribu (1996)
• Perle noire (1994)
• Vie est belle, La (1987)

Zambia

Main article: List of Zambian films

• "Africa Dreaming" (1997) TV Series
• Choka! (2001)
• Gräset sjunger (1981) (aka Killing Heat)
• Imiti ikula (2001)

Zimbabwe

Main article: List of Zimbabwean films

• Forbidden Fruit (2000)
• The Legend of the Sky Kingdom (2003)
• A World Apart (1988)

See also

Africa portal

• Africa

External links

• African film at the Internet Movie Database
• African Media Program Database, Michigan State University Comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos