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Geld Soos Bossies · 1955

South AfricaAfrikaans

Forest of Crocodiles

2009

South Africa

Hell is Ten Years Old · 1968

Algeria

Lindie

1971

South AfricaAfrikaans

I Wish I Didn't Know Love · 1976

Egypt

Histoires drôles et drôles de gens · 1983

CameroonFrench

Mekhemar Is Always Ready · 1982

Egypt

The Battle of the Sacred Tree · 1995

KenyaEnglish

Made in Heaven · 2019

NigeriaEnglish

The Last Song Before the War

Mr. Ayub · 1975

Falling · 2015

Salama Is Fine · 1937

Egypt

Kaborya · 1990

EgyptArabic

The Accusation · 1987

Egypt

Hear Me Move · 2015

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Certain Winds from the South · 2024

GhanaTwi

The Ostrich and the Peacock · 2002

EgyptArabic

Sirr al-amirah · 1949

EgyptArabic

This Is Nollywood · 2007

Nigeria

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