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Africa Movie Academy Award For Best Film In An African Language
The Africa Movie Academy Award The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ... for Best Film in an African Language is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize the best African film in an indigenous language. It was first awarded in the first edition as ''Best Indigenous Film''. However, it was renamed to ''Best Film in an African Language'' award from the 5th to 9th edition. Since the 10th edition it has been used to immortalize Sembene Ousmane and consequently renamed to ''Sembene Ousmane Awards for Best Film in African Language''. References {{Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards Awards for best film Lists of award winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Movie Academy Awards
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA Awards is widely considered to be Africa's most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. History The first Africa Movie Academy Awards was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria on 30 May 2005. All other subsequent African Academy Awards before 2012 were held at the same venue, except for the 2008 AMAA Awards which was moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibibio Language
Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria, belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages. The name ''Ibibio'' is sometimes used for the entire dialect cluster. In pre-colonial times, it was written with Nsibidi ideograms, similar to Igbo, Efik, Anaang, and Ejagham. Ibibio has also had influences on Afro-American diasporic languages such as AAVE words like buckra, and buckaroo, which come from the Ibibio word mbakara, and in the Afro-Cuban tradition of abakua. Geographic distribution Ibibio is the language of the Ibibio people. The Ibibio people are found in Southeastern Nigeria in Akwa Ibom State, Cross River State, and Eastern Abia State (Arochukwu and Ukwa East LGA's). Ibibio communities in Opobo Nkoro and Oyigbo LGA's of Rivers State are largely unknown. Some Ibibio are found in other countries (Western Cameroon, Bioko and Ghana). Phonology Consonants * are bilabial, whereas is labiodental. ** has two allophones, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elelwani
''Elelwani'' is a 2012 South African drama film directed by Ntshavheni wa Luruli. It won awards for Achievement in Production Design and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Masebe at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards. It was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Cast * Florence Masebe as Elelwani * Vusi Kunene as Prince Thovele * Mutodi Neshehe See also * List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of South African submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film South Africa has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1989. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced ou ... References External links * 2012 films 2012 drama films Venda-language films Best Production Design Africa Movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Africa Movie Academy Awards
The 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony honouring movies of 2012 was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on 20 April 2013. The event was hosted by actress and former AMAA winner Ama K. Abebrese and Ayo Makun with many celebrities in attendance. The awards' nomination party was held in Lilongwe, Malawi; it was hosted by Her Excellency, Joyce Banda, President Joyce Banda. A total of 671 films were submitted for consideration across Africa, America, Canada, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Italy, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom. ''Confusion Na Wa'' won the best picture award. The late Justus Esiri was awarded the Best Actor in a leading role posthumously. Winners and nominees A total of 29 award categories were given out. Below is a full list of all the winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface: Awards Honorary awards Lifetime Achievement Awards * Tunde Kelani * Chief Eddi Ugbomah * Sir Ositadinma Okeke Oguno (Ossy Affason) * Ayuko Badu * Pete Edochie, Chief Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otelo Burning
''Otelo Burning'' is a 2011 South African drama film directed and produced by Sara Blecher. The screenplay was written by James Whyle, Sara Blecher and The Cast Workshop. The film is in Zulu with English subtitles. It stars Jafta Mamabolo (''Generations''), Thomas Gumede (''A Place Called Home''), and Tshepang Mohlomi (''Izulu Lami''). Plot It is 1989, and the struggle against apartheid has reached its peak. The story starts when 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi, his younger brother, Ntwe, and his best friend, New Year, are invited to the beach house where their new friend’s mother is a domestic worker. Watching Mandla Modise surf, they are taken into a world previously closed to them. It is exactly the opposite of the township where they live – a place under a constant and growing threat from political violence fuelled by Inkatha hostel dwellers on one side, and United Democratic Front comrades on the other. For the boys, who previously had a deep-seated fear of the sea, "fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Violence
''State of Violence'' is a 2010 South African-French film written and directed by Khalo Matabane. The film features Fana Mokoena, Presley Chweneyagae, Neo Ntlatleng, Lindi Matshikiza, and Vusi Kunene. Its settings situated in black township, Alexander. State of violence focuses is on addressing various issues concerning violence in South African townships. Background According to Tomaselli apartheid cinema practise gender discrimination, classism and racial remarks on Black representations for many years. This traditional cinema focused on subverting black realism at all means Since the beginning of the apartheid establishment, black masses have been discarded from participating throughout mainstream media expressions. Plot The film begins at a church where young Bopedi witnesses the massacre. Three cops are involved, two whites officers with a black colleague, who ends to be the last person living in the area. Young Bopedi gathers mob justice to kill the black officer. At tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Africa Movie Academy Awards ...
The 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 22 April 2012 at the Expo Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos, Nigeria to honor the best African films of 2011. The nominees were announced on 17 March 2012 at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul, Gambia at an event that was attended by celebrities and top government officials from Gambia and other African countries. Awards Special Jury Prize * ''Man on Ground'' - South Africa/Nigeria References {{Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies Award Africa Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawa Essuman
Hawa Essuman (born 1980) is a film director based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her 2017 feature-length documentary ''Silas'', co-directed with Anjali Neyar, tells the story of Liberian environmental activist Silas Siakor's fight to preserve the country's rainforests from commercial logging. The film won multiple awards, including the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award (2018) and the Audience Award for best documentary at the Riverrun Film Festival (2018). Hawa's first feature film, ''Soul Boy'' (2010), also received a series of awards. In addition, Hawa has produced a range of TV programmes, commercial films, music videos and adverts. Biography Born in Hamburg, Germany, on 23 January 1980, she is the daughter of Ghanaian parents who brought her up in Nairobi, Kenya. After several appearances in the theatre, she moved into production work, first on television commercials and documentaries, then on a local drama series, ''Makutano Junction''. She created and directed ''Selfish?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swahili Language
Swahili, also known by its local name , is the native language of the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent litoral islands). It is a Bantu language, though Swahili has borrowed a number of words from foreign languages, particularly Arabic, but also words from Portuguese, English and German. Around forty percent of Swahili vocabulary consists of Arabic loanwords, including the name of the language ( , a plural adjectival form of an Arabic word meaning 'of the coast'). The loanwords date from the era of contact between Arab slave traders and the Bantu inhabitants of the east coast of Africa, which was also the time period when Swahili emerged as a lingua franca in the region. The number of Swahili speakers, be they native or second-language speakers, is estimated to be approximately 200 million. Due to concerted efforts by the government of Tanzania, Swahili is one of three official languages (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Boy
''Soul Boy'' is a 2010 Kenyan drama film, written by Billy Kahora and directed by Hawa Essuman. It developed under the mentorship of German director and producer Tom Tykwer in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the African continent, in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya. The film has received five nominations at the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards. The film originated in a workshop for young film enthusiasts from Nairobi, guided by German director Tom Tykwer. Plot Nairobi, Kenya. 14-year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa. One morning the teenager discovers his father ill and delirious. Someone has stolen his soul, mumbles the father. Abila is shocked and confused but wants to help his father and goes in search of the right remedy. Supported by his girlfriend Shiku, he embarks on an adventurous journey that leads him right to the heart of the microcosm that is his hometown. Cast *Samson Odhiambo *Leila Dayan Opou *Krysteen Savane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aramotu
''Aramotu'' is a 2010 Nigerian drama film directed by Niji Akanni. It stars Idiat Sobande, Kayode Odumosu and Gabriel Afolayan. It received 7 nominations at the 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards and won the awards for Best Nigerian Film and Best Costume Design. Plot Set in 1909, the film tells a story of a wealthy female trader, Aramotu ( Idiat Sobande) in an extremely culture-conscious yoruba community. She tries to use the congenial qualities of the Gelede Cult in getting ideas on women's rights and establishing a government centered on the needs of the people. She formed a clan that includes a singer (Gabriel Afolayan) which eventually breaks up her marriage with her kindhearted husband (Kayode Odumosu). This new relationship threatens to kill everything she has built and affects her relationship with other community leaders negatively. Cast * Idiat Sobande *Kayode Odumosu *Ireti Osayemi-Bakare *Ayo Olabiyi *Gabriel Afolayan *Tunbosun Odunsi *Peter Fatomilola *Bisi Komolafe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
