''An African Election'' is a 2011 documentary film about the contentious 2008 general elections in Ghana, directed by Jarreth and Kevin Merz. The film features interviews with the two major presidential candidates,

Nana Akufo-Addo William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General of Ghana, Attorney General from 2001 to 20 ...

and

John Atta Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the govern ...

, as well as Ghana's former president

Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings (born Jerry Rawlings John; 22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator, and politician who led the country briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1993 and then se ...

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* * 2011 documentary films 2011 films American documentary films Documentary films about African politics Documentary films about elections Ghanaian documentary films Swiss documentary films Best Documentary Africa Movie Academy Award winners Elections in Ghana 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language documentary films {{Switzerland-film-stub