The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of annual awards granted by the

National Arts Council of Zimbabwe The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) is the official arts council for Zimbabwe. They award the annual National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts and culture. External links National Arts Counc ...

(NACZ) in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts and culture. The categories have differed over the years. In 2020, they were: * Outstanding Newcomer * Outstanding Female Musician * Outstanding Male Musician * Outstanding Song * Outstanding Album * Outstanding Music Video * Outstanding Fiction Book * Outstanding Children's Book * Outstanding First Creative Published Book * Outstanding Female Dance * Outstanding Male Dancer * Outstanding Actress * Outstanding Screen Production (Television Series) * Outstanding Screen Production – Short Film * Outstanding Mix Media Work * Outstanding 2 Dimensional Work * Outstanding 3 Dimensional Work * Outstanding Exhibition * Outstanding Journalist (Print) * Outstanding Journalist (TV) * Outstanding Journalist Radio * Outstanding Online Media * Outstanding Comedian * Outstanding Poet * Outstanding Actor (Film and TV) * Outstanding Actress (Film and TV) * Outstanding Screen Production (TV) * Outstanding Screen Production (Short Film) * Outstanding Screen Production (Full-length Film) * Outstanding Promoter of the Year * Personality of the Year * Service to the Arts Award * Lifetime Achievement Award * People's Choice Award

Awards winners

2020

* Outstanding fiction book: ''Out of Darkness, Shining Light'' –

Petina Gappah Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by ''Brittle Paper''. In 2017 she had a DAAD Arti ...

2010

* Outstanding Fiction Book: ''The Fading Sun'' –

David Mungoshi David Sunsly Mungoshi (30 September 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Zimbabwean novelist, actor, poet and teacher. Early life He was born in 1949 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and was fluent in Shona, Ndebele and English. He learnt Zulu, similar to Ndeb ...

2009

* Outstanding Fiction Book: ''Ndafa Here?'' –

Ignatius Mabasa Ignatius Tirivangani Mabasa (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean writer, storyteller, and musician, who writes mainly in Shona. Mabasa was born in Mount Darwin and grew up on his grandfather's farm there. He attended school in Chitungwiza, where he began ...

2008

* Outstanding Fiction Book: ''The Uncertainty of Hope'' –

Valerie Tagwira Valerie Tagwira is a Zimbabwean writer who is a specialist obstetrician-gynecologist by profession.Sara Davies"Literary conversation with Valerie Tagwira" ''Harare News'', 4 June 2014. Her debut novel ''The Uncertainty of Hope'', published in 2006 ...

2007

* Outstanding Fiction Book: Strife –

Shimmer Chinodya Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957 Gwelo, then Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) is a Zimbabwean novelist. He studied at Mambo Primary School. He was expelled from Goromonzi after demonstrating against Ian Smith's government. He graduated from the ...

2006

* Outstanding Fiction: ''Totanga Patsva'' –

Memory Chirere Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...

2005

*Outstanding Fiction: ''Masimba'' – Chiedza Musengezi

2004

* Best Fiction Book: ''Noma Kanjani Kayiphele Linto!'' – Bekithemba Ncube

2003

* Best Written Work – Yvonne Vera

2002

* Best Written Work in any language: ''Umsebenzi Kawukho'' – N.C.G. Mathema

References

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