The Africa World Festival of Documentary Films (AWFDF) is sponsored by the E. Desmond Lee Professorship in African/African American Studies, Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
The AWFDF has as its objective the promotion of knowledge and culture of the people of Africa, in a Pan-African context.
In promotion of the Pan African context, public viewings of submissions accepted by AWFDF shall also occur in Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.