The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Africa Movie Academy
Awards(AMAA) during the week said that Nigeria and South Africa has a lot to do
in the development of Africa and there should be co-0peration between the two.
She said this at the at a gala night which took place at the Emperor Palace
Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. The event and previous ones held are
precursors to the Awards itself.
The event also served as the unveiling of the nominees at
AMAA. Frome the nominees list, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana have the highest
number of nominations at the awards scheduled to take place at the oil-rich
state of Bayelsa in a couple of weeks.
Celebrities from Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia and South
Africa were in attendance including representatives of the government of South
Africa and Namibia while the delegation from Malawi was led by the daughter of
President Joyce Banda, Mrs. Edith Akridge. South African films such as Of Good Report, The Forgotten Kingdom made good showing while Nigeria’s Apaye, Omo Elemosho, Accident, A mile from Home and Lagos Cougar placed the most populous
black nation in the world in a strong position.
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Ghana’s Brother’s
Keeper, Potomanto and Northern
Affairs showed the West African country as a power house in business of
film making. Other countries that had good nominations are Kenya, Mali,
Cameroun, Mauritius, Malawi and the diaspora Africans from Trinidad &
Tobaggo, among other 48 countries where entries came from.
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, went thus, ‘’Our leaders should invest
in our future and creative energy of the young people be it in music, film,
fashion and other areas through appropriate funding and regulatory framework
that will the creative industry viable just as the governments in India and
United States did for their creative entrepreneurs.’’
Also speaking at the event was Director General of Bayelsa
State Tourism Development Agency, Mrs Ebizi Brown. ‘’We have beautiful and
exotic locations that are good for shooting of your films. Come and experience
Bayelsa and we have incentives and talents that will make your work very
smooth. We have stayed with AMAA in the last 10 years and we will continue as a
state,’’ she said.
Celebrities in attendance were; Ramsey Noah, Funso Adeolu,
Fathia Balogun, Fred Amata, Paul Obazele, Segun Arinze, Fidelis Duker, and Lydia
Forson from Ghana among others.
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