Thrills from AMAA 2021
01 December 2021 |
4:49 pm
The 17th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) took place last weekend in Lagos with the GDN Studios-produced Nigerian feature film Eyimofe (This is my Desire) clinching five awards alongside the Franco-Somali feature film The Gravedigger’s Wife. Guardian TV was there to capture the mood at Africa’s biggest film award ceremony.
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