The Best Africa Documentaries

World Affairs & Investigations - 135 free documentaries about africa.

Start with The Myth of the Chinese Debt Trap in Africa (19 min, Bloomberg Originals), then Nigeria’s Chaotic Rise as the Tech Heart of Africa (45 min, Bloomberg Originals). All 135 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on africa is The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith.

• The Myth of the Chinese Debt Trap in Africa (19 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Nigeria’s Chaotic Rise as the Tech Heart of Africa | Hello World with Ashlee Vance (45 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Namibia: A Country Divided (43 min, Free Documentary)
• Saving South Sudan - Full Length (34 min, VICE)
• Socotra - The treasure island between Yemen and Somalia (28 min, DW Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Boat Trips | Tanzania (51 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Most Dangerous Roads | Kenya: The Flying Trucks of Kenya (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Fortune Seekers in Gambia (35 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Africa's looted art (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Tomatoes and greed - The exodus of Ghana's farmers (53 min, DW Documentary)
• World's Most Dangerous Roads | Route to Uganda: The Lunatic Express (47 min, Free Documentary)
• Africa's Plan to Bring Chocolate Profits Home (19 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Nigeria’s mysterious art treasures (44 min, DW Documentary)
• Dark Side of the Gates Foundation: The GMO Gamble in Africa (52 min, ENDEVR)
• World's Most Dangerous Roads | Tanzania: Young Guns on the Road (64 min, Free Documentary)
• From Nigeria to Morocco - In search of a better life in Europe (86 min, DW Documentary)
• World’s Most Dangerous Roads | Tanzania: On Dusty Roads (51 min, Free Documentary)
• South Africa’s Largest White Squatter Camp: The White Slums | Reggie Yates (50 min, Free Documentary)
• The Nigerians Who Moved To Play Football In Cambodia | The New Locals - Part 3/8 (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Africa‘s tech pioneers - Innovative solutions for a sustainable future (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Colonial roots of the genocide in Rwanda | DW Documentary | 4K UHD (86 min, DW Documentary)
• Surviving Nigeria: Being Ultra Poor in a Country of Riches (61 min, Free Documentary)
• Sudan: Surviving a Broken Nation (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Banana Brandy - Making Ugandan Waragi (Moonshine) (40 min, Tech Ingredients)
• South Africa's Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse (23 min, Wendover Productions)
• World’s Most Dangerous Roads | Narok County, Kenya (47 min, Free Documentary)
• Deadly Roads | Afghanistan, South Africa & India (45 min, Free Documentary)
• Black Snow: Nigeria’s Oil Catastrophe (19 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• The Mountains That Look Like Another Planet | Uganda’s Rwenzori (43 min, Free Documentary)
• Girls Behind Bars Madagascar, Forest of Fear Congo & Timbuktu's Lost Treasures | Unreported World (72 min, Free Documentary)
• Nigeria's Slum-on-Water: Makoko | Stories from the Hidden Worlds: Nigeria (45 min, Free Documentary)
• Welcome to Africa | Africa Earth's Wild Home (41 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Africa's Golden City | Full Episode | Secrets of the Dead (55 min, PBS)
• Africa's First High-Speed Rail System| Gautrain: Africa's Golden Train (25 min, Spark)
• Great Zimbabwe: Preserving An Archeologically Great City | Archeology (22 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How This Central African City Became the World’s Most Expensive (23 min, Wendover Productions)
• Putin's power play in Africa - Russian influence in the Sahel region (52 min, DW Documentary)
• Everyday life in Kenya's capital Nairobi (28 min, DW Documentary)
• South Africa's Deadliest Streets | Durban After Dark (34 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Ethiopia | Hidden Tales from Africa’s Ancient Kingdom (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Rwanda | Hidden Tales from Africa’s Land of a Thousand Hills (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Stealing Africa | The Aid Scam | The Dirty Math of ‘Helping’ Africa (52 min, Moconomy)
• Innocence for Sale: Kids on South Africa's Streets (23 min, Real Stories)
• Africa's Hidden History: Sailing From Kenya to Zanzibar (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Shoot to Kill: VICE Investigates the Kenya Wildlife Service (22 min, VICE)
• Wonder Shore: Africa’s Most Spectacular Coastline (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Tanzania's Water War: Surviving a Thirsty Land (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Mali’s Dogon Warriors - Defending the Sahel (43 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Largest Floating Village | Ganvié: The Venice of Africa (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Tanzania | Somewhere on Earth: Tanzania (52 min, Free Documentary)
• The Future of Africa | Africa Earth’s Wild Home (46 min, National Geographic)
• Raiding an Illegal Animal Poaching Camp in the Congo | Carter's WAR (41 min, Real Wild)
• The Plot Against South Africa (41 min, VPRO Documentary)
• The Extraordinary Animal Kingdom Of Africa (50 min, BBC Studios)
• Wild Southern Africa | Episode 2: The Kingdom of Colours (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Surviving Diepsloot: South Africa’s No-Go Zone (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Tanzania | Hidden Tales from the Swahili Coast (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Central African Republic - In The Heart of Chaos (51 min, Free Documentary)
• Warlord City | Somalia: Survival in the World’s Most Dangerous Place (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Eugene Terreblanche: Inside South Africa's Far Right Leader (97 min, Real Stories)
• How Rwanda is Becoming the Singapore of Africa (13 min, Wendover Productions)
• Buried Alive By South Africa's Elite Fighting Force | Unbreakable (41 min, Wonder)
• The City Without Sewers | Dar es Salaam: Inside Tanzania's Most Toxic Slum (29 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Most Dangerous Roads | East Africa: Mission to Collision | Full Series (190 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Cape Town | Hidden Tales from South Africa’s City of Contrasts (51 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Kenya | Amazing Tales from Kenya (41 min, Free Documentary)
• Archeologists Investigate The Earliest Human Footprint Ever Found (52 min, Odyssey)
• Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Nigeria (59 min, Real Stories)
• The Mercy: Africa's Floating Hospital Ship (40 min, Real Stories)
• Drugs, Guns & Violence: Welcome to Africa's most Dangerous No Go Zones (102 min, ENDEVR)
• The Peacekeeper: The Brutal Fight Against The Warlords! (82 min, ENDEVR)
• Wild Uganda – The Untamed Heart of Africa (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Southern Africa | Episode 3: Wild Coasts (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Dangerous Cities: Cape Town - Inside South Africa’s Gang Wars (54 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Zanzibar | Amazing Tales from Zanzibar Island, Tanzania (42 min, Free Documentary)
• African Artistry: Crafting from the Heart of the Wild | Senegal, Ethiopia & Kenya (87 min, Free Documentary)
• Unreported World: Senegal's Superstar Gladiators & Betrayal of Kenya’s Athletes (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Unreported World: Malawi - Treating Blind People & South Africa - Skin Bleaching (73 min, Free Documentary)
• Uganda - Protheses for a new life (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Namibia: From German Colony to Africa’s New Far West (42 min, ENDEVR)

Top-Rated Books About Africa

1. The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith - View on Amazon
2. Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo - View on Amazon
3. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Looting Machine by Tom Burgis - View on Amazon
5. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
6. An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
7. King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
8. The scramble for Africa, 1876-1912 by Thomas Pakenham - View on Amazon
9. A History of Art in Africa by Monica Blackmun Visonà - View on Amazon
10. Ifa Divination by William Russell Bascom - View on Amazon
11. Africa must unite by Kwame Nkrumah - View on Amazon
12. Introduction to Law and Legal Skills in South Africa by Willemien du Plessis - View on Amazon
13. History of Africa by Kevin Shillington - View on Amazon
14. Public Administration and Management in South Africa by Christopher Thornhill - View on Amazon