Who We Are

About Africa
Guardians

A Tanzania-based organisation dedicated to raising conservation awareness through the power of African cinema.

Our Mission

Guard Africa's wildest places by empowering the people who know them to tell their stories on film.

Our Approach

Every project centres African authorship — training local filmmakers to capture their own ecosystems on their own terms.

Our Reach

Active across 12 countries with a growing network of conservationists, rangers, journalists, and storytellers.

Our Story

Born from Africa.
Built for Africa.

Africa Guardians was founded on a simple belief: the most powerful conservation stories come from within. We exist to remove the barriers — of cost, access, and technology — that prevent African voices from leading the conversation about their own wild places.

Our workshops run annually across East Africa, training emerging filmmakers in everything from wildlife cinematography to narrative structure. Our productions have screened at international festivals and reached audiences across four continents.

We don't just document Africa's wild places. We build the capacity to keep documenting them — for generations.

Africa Guardians

"The camera is a tool for bearing witness."

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What Drives Us

Our Values

African Authorship

The most powerful conservation stories come from within. We centre African filmmakers, voices, and perspectives in everything we do.

Evidence Through Art

Film is documentation. Every frame we help create becomes part of a growing visual record of Africa's ecosystems.

Radical Access

Filmmaking tools and conservation networks should be open to all. We remove barriers of cost, language, and geography wherever we can.

The People

Our Team

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Executive Director

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Head of Programmes

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Creative Director

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By the Numbers

Our Impact

47
Filmmakers Trained

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda

28
Films Completed

Screened at festivals on 4 continents

12
Countries Active

Guardian community members

3M+
Acres Documented

Through field reporting & film projects

Collaboration

Our Partners

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Africa's wilderness needs advocates. Its stories need tellers.

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