The Bocage's akalat (Sheppardia bocagei), is a species of akalat in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.