Films

The Africa Channel loves Isidingo, the cracking, multi-award winning soap from South Africa. Launched in 1998, it’s set in Johannesburg’s fictional ON TV Studios...

Our film selection offers something for everyone.  Alongside the best of Nollywood, and Hollywood, our prestigious film strand Africa Picture House showcases award-winning African...

Maami tells the story of a Premiere League football player Kashimawo (Adewole Ojo ) who returns to Nigeria from the UK at the moment...

Nigerians in Peckham Saturdays at 9am Meet the Adebanjos is a hilarious sitcom about the clash of generations and culture as Bayo, the Dad and lovely...

Language and Memory How can we talk about apartheid? South African writers, artists and filmmakers grappling with this question have produced some incredibly engaging and thought-provoking...

Rather than taking the route of ‘is-this-film-Nollywood-or-not’, I’ll take a minute to consider ‘Phone Swap’ on its own merits. The context of Nollywood can...

Chad (2006) dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun with Ali Bacha Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro and Aziza Hisseine The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. 16 year old...

The Africa Channel UK, Sky 268, would like to congratulate the winner of the 2011 Africa in Motion Short Film Award, Umkhungo, written and...

We are very excited to bring you the first ever sitcom from Barbados broadcast on UK Television. This great sitcom series stars the Joneses, a...

Wale Ojo plays the hilarious father figure and head of the family in our new weekly show Meet the Adebanjos. Always looking for a...