The Best Africa Documentaries

Travel & Places - 9 free documentaries about africa.

Start with No-Go Zones - World’s Toughest Places (43 min, Free Documentary), then From Cape to Cairo by Bike (99 min, Free Documentary). All 9 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on africa is Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux.

No-Go Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Ghost Town, South Africa (43 min, Free Documentary)
From Cape to Cairo by Bike (99 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
World’s Most Dangerous Roads | Mali (43 min, Free Documentary)
Cape Verde: Island paradise with a dark side (42 min, DW Documentary)
Amazing Quest: Stories from Madagascar | Somewhere on Earth: Madagascar (52 min, Free Documentary)
Wilderness Roads: Malawi | Forging Paths in the Most Remote Territories (53 min, Free Documentary)
Cape Verde: Volcanoes, pristine beaches, carnival (42 min, DW Documentary)
World’s Toughest Boat Trips | Egypt (49 min, Free Documentary)
Sailing the Swahili Coast: Recreating Sinbad’s Ancient Trade Route to Zanzibar (50 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Africa

Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux - View on Amazon
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński - View on Amazon
West with the Night by Beryl Markham (3.4/5) - View on Amazon
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʻajāʾib al-asfār by Ibn Batuta - View on Amazon
An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
The scramble for Africa, 1876-1912 by Thomas Pakenham - View on Amazon
A History of Art in Africa by Monica Blackmun Visonà - View on Amazon
Ifa Divination by William Russell Bascom - View on Amazon
Africa must unite by Kwame Nkrumah - View on Amazon
Introduction to Law and Legal Skills in South Africa by Willemien du Plessis - View on Amazon
History of Africa by Kevin Shillington - View on Amazon
Public Administration and Management in South Africa by Christopher Thornhill - View on Amazon