The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best short and feature documentaries for the year. It has been merged and renamed severally since it was first awarded in 2006 as Best Documentary.
Best Documentary Year Name of Category Documentary Recipient Result2006Best DocumentaryTasumaEnding a CaneHouse of LoveNollywood the Young side of Film Salma Yoba 2007Best Documentary FeatureConversations on a Sunday AfternoonCovenant ChurchBitter Water Mara2008Best Feature DocumentaryDo You Believe in MagicMoondog FilmsDun-dun (the talking drum)Ibikansale D. KayodeBridging the GapMyanda ProductionA Rare GemPacknet ProductionsFamilies under AttackMyandu FilmsBest Short DocumentaryNot My DaughterOperation SmileHealthy Children, Wealthy Nation2009Best Feature DocumentaryFor the Best and for the Onion and Malcolm’s EchoPrivate FilesShit on the RockGrandma’s not HomeBest Short DocumentaryComing of AgePer Second KillerSantos the SurvivorLost in the SouthCongo my Foot2010Best Documentary Bariga BoysMwamba NgomaJordan RiberPeace Wanted AliveEn quête d’identité Innovating for Africa 2011Best Documentary (Feature)Kondi Et Le Jeudi NationalAriana Astrid Atodji Headlines In HistoryZobby BressonCo-Exist Adam MazoState Of Mind Djo Tunda Wa MungaNaija Diamonds Nfrom LeonardBest Short DocumentaryAfter The MineDiendo Hamadi & Dinta Wa Lusula Symphony KinshasaDiendo Hamadi & Dinta Wa Lusula Naija Diamond (Feature On Dr. Rahmat Mohammed)Nform LeonardStepping Into The UnknownRowena Aldous & Jill Hanas-HancockYeabu’s HomecomingJenny Chu2012Best Documentary An African ElectionBeyond The Deadly PitAwa Ogbe: An African AdventureDear Mandela White & Black; Crime And Colour The Niger Delta StruggleThere Is Nothing Wrong With My Uncle How Much Is Too Much 2013Best Documentary Fuelling PovertyGun To TapeSwimming The ZambeziGive Me Back My Home The African Cypher Fly On The Wall 2014Best Documentary Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers and Portrait of a Lone FarmerKushaya IngagasiDaughters of the Niger DeltaSincerely Ethiopia
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