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​Top Left: 'Goodbye Julia.' Top Right: 'Sira.' Bottom Left: 'The Mother of All Lies.' Bottom Right: 'Mami Wata.'

Top Left: 'Goodbye Julia.' Top Right: 'Sira.' Bottom Left: 'The Mother of All Lies.' Bottom Right: 'Mami Wata.'

Photo illustration by Kaushik Kalidindi for OkayAfrica.

The Best African Films of 2023

It was a big year for African directors making history with their films – many of them debut films, at that. Here are our top ten of the best ones from over the past 12 months.