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Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o made history as the first Black person to head the Berlin International Film Festival jury on the occasion of its 74th edition in February 2024. Commonly known as the Berlinale, it is among the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

The South African 2019 political documentary How to Steal a Country is being used in German high schools to teach students about corruption. The film revolves around state capture in South Africa and revelations of alleged corruption scandals surrounding former President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.

Supa Team 4 is Netflix’s first original African animated series, now in its second season. Taking place in a futuristic Lusaka, the Zambian series was created and co-executive-produced by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema and produced by South African animation studio Triggerfish.

The video for the song "Take Me to Your Leader" by American rock band Incubus pays homage to The Gods Must Be Crazy, a 1980 South African comedy film that was the most successful South African film at the time. Set in Southern Africa, the film revolves around a hunter-gatherer of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe believes that a Coca-Cola bottle dropped from a plane is a gift from their gods.