Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary

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	Result
2006	Best Documentary	Tasuma		Won
		Ending a Cane		Nominated
		House of Love		Nominated
		Nollywood the Young side of Film		Nominated
		Salma Yoba		Nominated
2007	Best Documentary Feature	Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon		Won
		Covenant Church		Nominated
		Bitter Water Mara		Nominated
2008	Best Feature Documentary	Do You Believe in Magic	Moondog Films	Won
		Dun-dun (the talking drum)	Ibikansale D. Kayode	Nominated
		Bridging the Gap	Myanda Production	Nominated
		A Rare Gem	Packnet Productions	Nominated
		Families under Attack	Myandu Films	Nominated
	Best Short Documentary	Not My Daughter		Won
		Operation Smile		Nominated
		Healthy Children, Wealthy Nation		Nominated
2009	Best Feature Documentary	For the Best and for the Onion and Malcolm’s Echo		Won
		Private Files		Nominated
		Shit on the Rock		Nominated
		Grandma’s not Home		Nominated
	Best Short Documentary	Coming of Age		Won
		Per Second Killer		Nominated
		Santos the Survivor		Nominated
		Lost in the South		Nominated
		Congo my Foot		Nominated
2010	Best Documentary	Bariga Boys		Won
		Mwamba Ngoma	Jordan Riber	Nominated
		Peace Wanted Alive		Nominated
		En quête d’identité		Nominated
		Innovating for Africa		Nominated
2011	Best Documentary (Feature)	Kondi Et Le Jeudi National	Ariana Astrid Atodji	Won
		Headlines In History	Zobby Bresson	Nominated
		Co-Exist	Adam Mazo	Nominated
		State Of Mind	Djo Tunda Wa Munga	Nominated
		Naija Diamonds	Nfrom Leonard	Nominated
	Best Short Documentary	After The Mine	Diendo Hamadi & Dinta Wa Lusula	Won
		Symphony Kinshasa	Diendo Hamadi & Dinta Wa Lusula	Nominated
		Naija Diamond (Feature On Dr. Rahmat Mohammed)	Nform Leonard	Nominated
		Stepping Into The Unknown	Rowena Aldous & Jill Hanas-Hancock	Nominated
		Yeabu’s Homecoming	Jenny Chu	Nominated
2012	Best Documentary	An African Election		Won
		Beyond The Deadly Pit		Nominated
		Awa Ogbe: An African Adventure		Nominated
		Dear Mandela		Nominated
		White & Black; Crime And Colour		Nominated
		The Niger Delta Struggle		Nominated
		There Is Nothing Wrong With My Uncle		Nominated
		How Much Is Too Much		Nominated
2013	Best Documentary	Fuelling Poverty		Won
		Gun To Tape		Nominated
		Swimming The Zambezi		Nominated
		Give Me Back My Home		Nominated
		The African Cypher Fly On The Wall		Nominated
2014	Best Documentary	Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers and Portrait of a Lone Farmer		Won
		Kushaya Ingagasi		Nominated
		Daughters of the Niger Delta		Nominated
		Sincerely Ethiopia		Nominated