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To Walk with Lions · 1999

Kenya

Golden Dhow · ZIFF 2021

Binti · 2021

Tanzania

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin · 1981

KenyaEnglish

Anbessa · 2019

EthiopiaAmharic

Embe Dodo · 2026

Tanzania

Something Necessary · 2013

In My Genes · 2009

Neptune Frost · 2022

Difret · 2014

Mr. Local Man · 2019

Min Alesh? · 2019

Upanga Kingdom · 2024

Tanzania

The Price of Love · 1995

Ethiopia

Stories of Our Lives · 2014

KenyaEnglish

T-Junction · 2017

Tanzania

Munyurangabo · 2008

RwandaKinyarwanda

Kezkaza Welafen · 2003

The Gift · 2017

Behind the Behind the Scenes · 2025

KenyaEnglish

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