The Jubril Malafia Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best animated films for the year. In 2025, it was renamed after Jubril Malafia, a Nigerian animator who was murdered in 2018 in Jos, Plateau State.

List Best Animation Year Film Nation Recipient Result2008The LunaticEbele Okoye 2009KonoLeilaLittle Learning is DifferentManani OgreCheprono2010Hanayns ShoeAdventure of AlayoZoodoLyricsOne Step of Love2012The Legend on Ngong HillsKenyaObaClimate Change is RealEguNauliza2013Adventures in ZambeziaSouth AfricaTageni’s DolMission ImpossibleObaLion Of Judah2014KhumbaSouth AfricaThe Hare and the LionThank God its FridayLeilaThe Brats and Toy Thief 2015The Legacies Of RubiesThe ThroneAlternative to Corporal Punishment Akorkoli 2016The PencilThe Peculiar Life of a SpiderFunsie Fast FingersLazare Sie Pale2017Got FlowersBlack BarbieGyrowPull2018Belly FlopGroup PhotoUntitledCrush2019ChoicesAfrogamesIsolatedKitwana Journey2020I am leaving In Ghana Get Me Out of Here From Here To TimbuktuMalaika (The Warrior Queen)A Special GiftThe Legend of Lwanda MagereFTFOSankofaA Gugle Day2021Lady Buckit& the Motley Mopsters NigeriaRoom 5 Shaka-InklosiYamakhosiThe Pyramid MofialaA Thousand FateWhite Nights2022No Way OutUgandaOn the SurfaceIcelandOpal Martinique (France)Kenda Cote D’IvoireSkin Like MineUSAPTD Nigeria2023Lost UgandaAzania RisesSouth AfricaJabari GhanaBashorun GaaNigeria2024Counter PunchKenyaHeavy CrownLibyaJourney of the LegendCameroonHadu NigeriaBetween Paya and KoulouSenegalOya (The goddess of gods) NigeriaSet PiecesSudan2025My Brother, My BrotherEgypt/France/GermanyDawnCameroonThe Travails of AjadiNigeriaNkizzi’s First DayUganda Amara and the Spirit of NyamagundaUganda MonologueNigeria/UK

See also

List of animation awards

References