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

Angola

Benin

Botswana

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

Burkina Faso

Burundi

*Gito, l'ingrat (1992)
*Ni-Ni (1980

Cameroon

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

Daresalam

Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

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

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

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

Kenya

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

*

Mali

Martinique

*"Aimé Césaire: Un Voix Pour Histoire" (1994)

Mauritania

* "Waiting for Happiness" (2002)

Mauritius

Morocco

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

Mozambique

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

Nigeria

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 2007Rwandan film

kanyombya (2008)

omalia

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

South Africa

udan

Tanzania

* "Bongoland" (2003)
* "" (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

Uganda

ABC Africa (2001) - directed by Abbas Kiarostami
*Full of Energy (2004)
*Invisible Children (2006)
*Pretty Dresses (2006)
*Divizionz (2007)

Western Sahara

Zaire

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

Zambia

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

Zimbabwe

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

ee also

*Africa

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Countries/ African film] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.africanmedia.msu.edu/ African Media Program Database, Michigan State University] Comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos