List of Sub-Saharan African submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The following is a list of the films submitted by the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. The list excludes submissions by South Africa, which can be seen here.

As of 2009, only seven sub-Saharan African countries have competed in this category. With the exception of South Africa, each country has only submitted one time.

In 1976, the Ivory Coast became the first country in the region to submit a film. Although the film was a majority French production, it was allowed to represent the Ivory Coast, and went on to win the 1977 Oscar.

Burkina Faso and Cameroon each submitted one film in the 1980s, Congo-Kinshasa sent one in the 1990s and Chad and Tanzania submitted in the 2000s.

NOTE: Films were submitted for consideration in fall of the earlier year, with the Oscar ceremony taking place the following year.

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