Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation

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The Jubril Malafia Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best animated films for the year. [1] In 2025, it was renamed after Jubril Malafia, a Nigerian animator who was murdered in 2018 in Jos, Plateau State. [2] [3]

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Best Animation
YearFilmNationRecipientResult
2008 The Lunatic Ebele Okoye Won
2009 KonoWon
LeilaNominated
Little Learning is DifferentNominated
Manani OgreNominated
ChepronoNominated
2010 Hanayns ShoeWon
Adventure of AlayoNominated
ZoodoNominated
LyricsNominated
One Step of LoveNominated
2012 The Legend on Ngong Hills KenyaWon
ObaNominated
Climate Change is RealNominated
EguNominated
NaulizaNominated
2013 Adventures in Zambezia South AfricaWon
Tageni’s DolNominated
Mission ImpossibleNominated
ObaNominated
Lion Of JudahNominated
2014 Khumba South AfricaWon
The Hare and the LionNominated
Thank God its FridayNominated
LeilaNominated
The Brats and Toy Thief Nominated
2015 The Legacies Of RubiesWon
The ThroneNominated
Alternative to Corporal Punishment Nominated
Akorkoli Nominated
2016 The PencilWon
The Peculiar Life of a SpiderNominated
Funsie Fast FingersNominated
Lazare Sie PaleNominated
2017 Got FlowersWon
Black BarbieNominated
GyrowNominated
PullNominated
2018 Belly FlopWon
Group PhotoNominated
UntitledNominated
CrushNominated
2019 ChoicesWon
AfrogamesNominated
IsolatedNominated
Kitwana JourneyNominated
2020 I am leaving In Ghana Get Me Out of HereWon
From Here To Timbuktu Nominated
Malaika (The Warrior Queen)Nominated
A Special GiftNominated
The Legend of Lwanda MagereNominated
FTFONominated
SankofaNominated
A Gugle DayNominated
2021 Lady Buckit& the Motley Mopsters NigeriaWon
Room 5Nominated
Shaka-InklosiYamakhosiNominated
The PyramidNominated
MofialaNominated
A Thousand FateNominated
White NightsNominated
2022 No Way OutUgandaWon
On the SurfaceIcelandNominated
OpalMartinique (France)Nominated
KendaCote D’IvoireNominated
Skin Like MineUSANominated
PTDNigeriaNominated
2023 LostUgandaWon
Azania RisesSouth AfricaNominated
JabariGhanaNominated
Bashorun GaaNigeriaNominated
2024 Counter PunchKenyaWon
Heavy CrownLibyaNominated
Journey of the LegendCameroonNominated
HaduNigeriaNominated
Between Paya and KoulouSenegalNominated
Oya (The goddess of gods)NigeriaNominated
Set PiecesSudanNominated
2025 [4] [5] My Brother, My BrotherEgypt/France/GermanyWon
DawnCameroonNominated
The Travails of AjadiNigeriaNominated
Nkizzi’s First DayUgandaNominated
Amara and the Spirit of NyamagundaUgandaNominated
MonologueNigeria/UKNominated

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References

  1. ↑ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Dayo, Bernard (2018-10-02). "AMAA 2018: Organisers rename animation category after slain animator Jibril Mailafia » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  3. ↑ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/287634-amaa-renames-award-category-after-slain-nigerian-animator.html?tztc=1 . Retrieved 2025-12-17.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "AMAA: Lisabi, Katunga, Freedom Way Lead Nominations At 21st edition – Africa Movie Academy Awards" . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  5. ↑ Idowu, Omotoyosi (2025-11-10). "AMAA 2025: Burna Boy's '3 Cold Dishes,' South Africa's 'The Heart is a Muscle' win big (FULL LIST)". Premium Times. ISSN   2360-7688 . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
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