Legendary Afrobeat singer and instrumentalist Femi Kuti and a number of award-winning vocalist cum songwriter 9ice have been billed to thrill as over 60 African movie practitioners throughout the African continent have arrived in Nigeria for the twentieth version of the Africa Film Academy Awards, AMAA.
The awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday on the Balmoral Conference Centre, contained in the Sheraton Resort, Ikeja GRA, Lagos.
The Chief Working Officer of AMAA, Tony Anih, not too long ago made this identified on the AMAA secretariat in Ikeja, GRA, Lagos.
Mr Anih knowledgeable that the twentieth version of AMAA will function musical performances from a few of the greatest and greatest music stars in continental genres, together with Nigeria’s Yinka Davies, Adeena from Ghana, and Naird, a gifted guitarist from Ghana.
Reacting to the expectations in regards to the evening, AMAA’s technical director, Kingsley James, expressed that will probably be an evening to recollect as all palms are on deck to make this 12 months’s version distinctive and memorable like others.
Star lineup
Mr James additionally famous that the musicians performing have been fastidiously chosen from Africa.
“We’ve an impeccable and African lineup that might wow all attendees. The present can be hosted by Nigeria’s Segun Arinze and Ghana’s Joselyn Dumas. The legendary Femi Kuti and Gongo Aso star, 9ice for musical performances, will lead the forged. Additionally billed to carry out at 2024 AMAA are Yinka Davies, Narh Tettey, Bedwei Kwaku and Adina Thembi. DJ Kenchello and the Ebony band may even be on the bandstand to thrill attendees to a memorable evening,” he stated.
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Ghana’s Lydia Forson and Jackie Appiah, Kenya’s Kenneth Ambani, Burkina Faso’s Charles Koutou, Nigeria’s Chinedu Ikeduze, Ghana’s Micheal Majid, Nigeria’s Osita Iheme, Ghana’s Adjetey Anna, Morris Sam, and Zuby Micheals, amongst a number of others, are additionally anticipated to grace the event.
On Friday, the Africa Movie Academy, AFA, the producers of AMAA, feted and celebrated African creatives and movie stars at an occasion tagged African Legends Night time, which might be held on the Amore Backyard inside Lekki Part I, Lagos.
“The twentieth version of the AMAA is an enormous deal, and the board of AFA, house owners of the continental movie awards, have concluded to roll out drums and make this version memorable to all African filmmakers, creatives, nominees, and everybody who had ever been on the AMAA stage.
‘‘We aren’t simply going to be rolling out in an enormous approach; we’re intentional about making the twentieth version among the best AMAAs that Africans will have fun the gathering of over 60 African movie practitioners and creatives.
This has all the time been what our late sister and founder, Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe, had been planning and wished for earlier than her loss of life. We’ll actualise the dream to the glory of God, the legacy of PMO and lofty strides of the African movie sector,” Raymond Anyiam-Osigwe stated.
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