The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) says it will honour former president, Goodluck Jonathan, Tony Elumelu and the late Oronto Douglas for their contributions to the creative industry.
Jonathan, a strong supporter of the Nigeria film industry, donated about N3 billion to the industry, better known as Nollywood, while he was president.
According to a statement by AMAA on Monday, members of its jury in the last 11 years will also be given special awards at Mandela Bay, in Port Elizabeth South Africa on Friday.
“In an evening tagged a ‘Night of Gratitude and Tributes’ the jury members will receive special awards alongside former President Goodluck Jonathan and chairman of Heirs Holding, Tony Elumelu among others. They will be honoured for their support for the awards and the creative industry generally,” the statement said.
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“The jury members to be honoured are June Givanni, Asantewa Olatunji , Dorothee Wenner, Keith Shiri, Steve Ayorinde, Shaibu Husseini, Charles Burnett, Professor Hygnius Ekwuazi and Bernie Goldbatt.
“However, on Saturday, September 26 which is the awards night, film makers of African descent will also be honoured in the “Wall of Fame” category and those to be celebrated are Horace Ovi, Harry Belafonte, Melvine Van Pebbles and Tony Verne while post-humus awards will be for Oronto Douglas and a Ghanaian, Cofie Ammuako-Annan.
“AMAA will also give special recognition awards to MNET Africa Magic Channels for its role in showcasing and investing in Africa’s creative industry through its African content channels in the last 10 years and in the same category will be Kingsley Ogoro and his Klink Studios that has supported the creative industry with equipment for over 30 years.”
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