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The African Movie Accademy Awards (AMAA) for 2011 ended yesterday at the its traditional venue, Yenogoa, Bayelsa State. This year’s event is the seventh and the categories were keenly contested. Though Nigerian film makers failed to impress at the awards this year, the line-up of events must have made an impression on the visitors from all over the world.

The AMAA this year was made to coincide with a week-long tourism drive while the international award which kicked off Sunday, 27th night, was the crowning event. The week was tagged ‘Experience Bayelsa’ week.

Participants came from Africa, America and UK. The awards this year was able to get more African countries involved, thus making it more competitive.

It was a poor outing for Nigeria, as only two movies, Aramotu was able to clinch two awards for best Nigerian film and best costume movie and Inale won the best soundtrack category. The only other Nigerian movie with an Award was actually not a Nollywood movie, but from a US-based Nigerian movie maker.


Congo dominated the awards by winning six awards. Their movie Viva Riva turned out to be the best movie of the year, and also clinched four other awards. Ghanaian and South African movie makers also won four awards a piece. Also winning awards were movies from UK, USA, Kenya and Mozambique.

The governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, expressed appreciation for the large turn-out. In his speech, he reiterated his administration’s commitment to making Bayelsa a tourist destination of repute, and also make the state the permanent home of Nollywood.

The event kicked off on Sunday evening with a red carpet session, while the main event followed promptly. Entertaining those in attendance were top Nigerian music artistes including flutist, Tee-Mac. With him were hip-hop stars, Dr. Sid and Wande Coal. South African Kwaito group, Malaika, also entertained with their songs and choreography.

Described as a Congolese crime thriller film, Viva Riva, written and directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga and starring Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna, Marlene Longage, Alex Herabo and Diplôme Amekindra, is “an African feature film that merges the pleasures of Nollywood with sleek camerawork, satisfying genre thrills and a rare look inside the very heart of the continent”. Viva Riva, Cameron Bailey notes, is a story set in contemporary Democratic Republic of Congo full of intrigue, music and a surprisingly frank approach to sex.

Shooting in high definition, Munga saturates this African genre film with rich colour and movement. The camera snakes through crowded streets and steamy nightclubs, capturing the tangible atmosphere of DRC today. As the film roves from Azor’s luxury lair, to lush scenes outside the city, to the dens where sin is for sale, Viva Riva offers a portrait of urban Africa too rarely seen on screen. Even more surprising are its scenes of urgent sensuality, as Riva pursues Nora – or perhaps it’s the other way around.

“The main purpose of a filmmaker,” stated Munga, “is to make film where it’s needed.” With Viva Riva , he kick-starts a film industry in DRC.

AMAA Winners

Best short film - Dina - Mozambique

Best documentary - After the mine - Congo

Best long documentary - Kondi et le juedi nationale - Cameroun.

Best diaspora feature - Suicide dolls - USA

Best diaspora documentary- Stubborn as a mule - USA

Best diaspora short film- Precipe - UK

Best film by an African in diaspora- In America - Rahman Oladigbolu - Nigeria

Amaa achievement in sound - Shirley Adams - South Africa

Acheivement in editing- Soul boy - Kenya

Acheivement award in production - Viva Riva - Congo

Best costume - Aramotu - Nigeria

Best Nigerian film – Aramotu - Nigeria

Best child actor - Sobhle Mkhbase - South Africa

Best soundtrack - Inale - Nigeria

Best supporting actor- Hoji Fortuna

Best supporting actress - Marlen Longage - Congo

Best visual effect - A small town called decent - South Africa

Best young actor - Edward Kagutuzi - South Africa

Best actress - Ama Abrebese - Ghana

Best language film - Izulani - South Africa

Best actor - Themba Ndaba - South Africa

Best screen play - Sinking sand - Ghana

Best cinematography - Viva Riva - Congo

Jury special prize - Shirley Adams - South Africa

Best director - Tunda Munga - Congo

Best film - Viva Riva - Congo

As soon as a man and woman gets married, the next thing that is expected of them is to start bearing chidren. However, if you as a woman discovers that your partner is suffering from infertility, what would be your next line of action?

To me its no big deal, if d woman thinks that contacting and even flirting with her old bf will make her happy she should go ahead and do so. But one thing she should do for me is to make sure her new escapade doesnt affect  the family and that she uses condoms. Life is too short for me to shorten it more with unnecessary worries

Why do people like originating and disseminatin fake rumours? Or what have jackie done to them this time around

I Just pray that its not true

Northerners and consensus, i can smell despration

Blazay:
Din know you coud plead guilty to being 'a gay'.

are you trying to say that its right to be a gay and anybody apprehended for such crime should be left to go scotfree

Sisi_Kill:
Pray tell us how you came to this conclusion.

have u forgotten those old good days when the joy of womanhood lies in being a mother and loving the kids but now wat we see is women abandoning their kids and family and roaming around in the name of political campaign and rally

Sisi_Kill:
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What has one woman's actions got to do with all the other mothers out there?

The woman is obviously insane.

its not as if i am trying to generalise mothers here but the truth is that most women have lost the real sense of motherhood

Tho the runin of the affairs of the church have been taken over by the pastors twin brother, the congregation still stand strongly behind their pastor as they still pray for him awaiting verdict

@ poster dont you think mi should be much fatter than that at old age?

Tho she is good in acting, she should work on her weight

Our chance of making it to the nations cup gets brighter

@ trisurface funny u

Dats encouraging

cant help imagining wat the collabo would look like

Nollywood, wonders shall never end

If football is to be mathematics i would have said the game will end 3 - 0 in favour of the nigerians. but since its not, I am beginning to develop goose pimple

No matter wat no man has the right to hold the presidency of his country for 40 years, its unfair and its greed

I was born to a Yoruba father and an Ibo mother. I grew up in the Northern part of the country and I am married to an Akwa-Ibom woman. I had my primary education at Air Force Primary school in Jos from where I went to St John's College also in Jos. I studied Economics at the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos and graduated in 2003.

It was a friend who influenced me to become an actor. My friend wasn't an actor but he always felt that I was cut out for the entertainment industry. As a Christian, I felt that the best thing for me to do was to pray about it. I prayed and asked God to help me make a choice. It wasn't easy but I thank God that He intervened and revealed to me that I should join the industry. I first started with soap operas such as Everyday People, One Too Much, Wale Adenuga's Super Stories and Saints and Sinners. I still feature in Everday People but I moved into the movie industry gradually and today the rest is history

Stella Damasus-Aboderin (born April 24, 1978) is a Nigerian actress and singer. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009.Early life
Damasus-Aboderin was born Stella Ojukwu in Asaba, Delta State. She grew up in Benin City where she completed most of her primary education.
Damasus-Aboderin first appeared in the Nigerian film "Abused" in 1992. She has starred in over 50 movies

Jackie Agyemang (maiden name Appiah, born December 5, 1983) is a Ghanaian actress. In 2010 she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She received two nominations for Best Actress in a leading role and Best Upcoming Actress at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008.

Early life
Born in Canada, Agyemang is the last of five children. She spent her early childhood in Canada, and moved to Ghana with her parents in 1993. She is popularly known her by her maiden name, Appiah. Agyemang married in 2005 and has one son.

Career
Agyemang's appearance on screen became regular when she was invited by Edward Seddoh Junior the writer of Things We Do For Love as she played the role of Enyonam Blagogee. She later took part in Tentacles, Games People Play and many other TV series.
Agyemang remembers herself as being very shy the first time she went on set, "It was a Venus Film Production titled Divine Love and I had to play the role of Kate, the protagonist. I didn't believe I did too good. I fumbled but many people did not notice it." Despite her nerves the first timer said she succeeded in impressing everyone.
Agyemang says her best part was in Mummy's Daughter by Venus Films. The film tells the story of the Bartels Family where she played the role of Princess, the daughter. "I loved how I acted and I was happy with the role I played". Agyemang now sees the local film industry as having changed for the better. She thinks that others will see its ultimate success.
Agyemang's face can be seen on many billboards and TV commercials in Ghana including a GSMF advert on protection against HIV AIDS, she won the face of U.B in a promotion she did for them on TV commercials and she is currently the face of IPMC for commercials and billboards. "GSMF " was her first TV commercial.

With lower than the average, which is 6 billionaires per country. nigeria with only two billionaires have shown to be billionaire starved. tho the acclaimed giant of africa came out as the no 3 country with the highest no of billionaires in africa behind egypt and southafrica with 6 and 4 billionaires respectively they still have a long way to go.

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It have come to my notice that there is hardly any event or occurerance in this country that goes without the name ibo boys tagged to it, the name ibo boys have grown so loud that it is heard outside the walls of africa tho a times there popularity is not 4 the right. But obviously the ibo boys are the most talked about in the country nb: i stand corrected if wrong

~Bluetooth:
dagrin's rise to fame is unrivaled,so you should expect this kind of propaganda against him.meanwhile,some ibo boys are smiling to the banks selling this

this cd to people.

y ibo boys