The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize the best African film in an indigenous language. It was first awarded in the first edition as Best Indigenous Film. However, it was renamed to Best Film in an African Language award from the 5th to 9th edition. Since the 10th edition it has been used to immortalize Sembene Ousmane and consequently renamed to Sembene Ousmane Awards for Best Film in African Language.

Best Film in an African Language Year Film Language Director Result2005Ori2006IzzaMama DearestAgbara OderestMfana Mbagha2007IrapadaYorubaKunle AfolayanApesinYorubaMuyiwa Ademola AbeniYorubaTunde KelaniIwalewa2008Iranse AjeIpaHafsatOnitemiTabou2009Gugu and AndileZulu & XhosaMinky SchlesingerArugbaYorubaTunde KelaniMah Sa-SahCameroonian languagesDaniel KamwaUyaiIbibioEmem IsongApaadiYoruba2010ImaniOmo Iya KanAldewedenTogetherness SupremeGame of my Life2011Izulu lamiZuluMadoda NcayiyanaAramotuYorubaNiji AkanniSoul BoySwahiliHawa EssumanSuwi Musola Catherine KaseketiFishing The Little StoneKaz Kasozi 2012State of ViolenceZuluKhalo MatabaneChumoFamily on FireOtelo BurningZulu Sara BletcherAsoni2013Moi ZaphiraElelwaniVendaNtshavheni Wa Luruli The Last Fishing BoatShemu JoyahNairobi Half LifeSwahiliSheng David 'Tosh' GitongaBlood and HennaHausaKenneth GyangSherifaKokommaIbibioTom Robson2014B for BoyIgboChika AnaduThe Forgotten KingdomSouthern SothoAndrew MudgeOmo ElemoshoYorubaBayo TijaniOnye OziIgboObi EmelonyeNi SisiSwahiliNick Reding2015TimbuktuTamasheqBambaraAbderrahmane SissakoTriangle Going To AmericaAmharicTheodros Teshome KebedeChetannaIgboIkechukwu OnyekaJuliet And Romeo iNumber NumberZulu 2016Missing GodIgboUbaka Joseph UgochukwuBala Bala SeseLugandaLukyamuzi BashirBrotherhood EyeBambaraMamadou Fadiala KeïtaCursed Treasure WakoDaggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo)AfrikaansPaapa Otoo2017FélicitéLingalaAlain GomisLogun Ofe YorubaRasaq Olayiwola Call Me ThiefAfrikaansDaryne JoshuaVayaZuluAkin Omotoso2018Five Fingers for MarseillesXhosa, Sesotho Michael MatthewsMansoorHausaAli NuhuIcheke OkuIgboEmeka AmakezeAgwaetiti ObiutoIgboOnyeka NwelueNyasalandJoyce Mhango-ChavulaTunuSwahiliJordan Riber2019RafikiSwahili Wanuri KahiuMake RoomHausaRobert PetersMabata BataTsongaSol de CarvalhoBahashaSwahiliJordan RiberAzaliDagbani, AkanKwabena Gyansah2020The MilkmaidHausa Desmond OvbiageleKnuckle CityXhosaJahmil X.T. QubekaThis Is Not a Burial, It's a ResurrectionSothoLemohang Jeremiah MoseseFiela’s ChildAfrikaansBrett Michael InnesThe White LineAfrikaansDesiree Kahikopo-Meiffret2021The Gravedigger’s WifeSomaliKhadar AhmedBangarangSwahiliRobin OdongoAyinlaYorubaTunde Kelani Hotel on the KoppiesCharlie VundlerNyaraRam Ally KasongoStainMorris Mugisha

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