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LanguageAll Arabic English French Yoruba Afrikaans Swahili

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Zanj Revolution · 2015

Algeria

Tauw · 1970

Senegal

When Love Strikes · 2024

Fallen Gods · 2008

Come Back, Africa · 1959

Friday Market · 2018

Hijack '93 · 2024

Hanami · 2025

Valley of a Thousand Hills · 2022

South Africa

Kounandi · 2004

Burkina Faso

Shame Worse Than Death · 2016

EgyptArabic

The 5th String · 2011

MoroccoArabic

Beauty and the Beast · 2005

Tazzeka · 2018

Bekia · 2018

Deserts · 2023

An Egyptian Story · 1982

Embe Dodo · 2026

Drum · 2004

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