The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has released the list of nominees for its 21st edition with Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions and Lisabi: The Uprising leading the nominations.
The announcement introduced a diverse selection of films and talents from across the continent.
Leading the nominations is Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions from Burkina Faso with ten nominations. Nigeria’s Lisabi: The Uprising follows with seven, while Algiers from Algeria earned four, and Freedom Way from Nigeria received three.
In the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, nominees include Nigeria’s Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman, Osas Ighodaro, and Shaffy Bello, alongside Rwanda’s Analisa Munyana, South Africa’s Danica De La Ray Jones, Ethiopia’s Getahun Hailu and Florence Mariserena, and Algeria’s Meriem Medjkane.
For Best Actor in a Leading Role, the list features Lateef Adedimeji for Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria), Keenan Arrison for The Heart is a Muscle (South Africa), Debebe Eshetu for For Love, for Land, for Power (Ethiopia), Adjetey Anang for Last Stop (Ghana), Ayden Croy for Old Righteous Blues (South Africa), Bizimana Hussain for Small Gods (Uganda), Mahamadi Nana for Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions (Burkina Faso), and Nabil Asli for Algiers (Algeria).
Eight films are nominated for Best Film, representing different regions of Africa. The contenders are Algiers (Algeria), 3 Cold Dishes (Nigeria), The Heart is a Muscle (South Africa), Small Gods (Uganda), For Love, For Land, For Power (Ethiopia), Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions (Burkina Faso), Last Stop (Ghana), and Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria).
The 21st Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on November 9 at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
