To Recognize journalists tomorrow At Gala Night

wemi esho

August 16, 2014 6:00 PM

As part of year-long activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the Africa Movie Academy Awards this year,

As part of year-long activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the Africa Movie Academy Awards this year, the parent organisation and owner of the AMAA brand, the Africa Film Academy will host an anniversary Charity Gala night tomorrow at the Grand Ball Room of the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The gala night will have on stand South Africa’s Joyous Celebration’s Frank Edwards and Kgosto and their band members to serenade guests.

Speaking on the Charity Ball, the founder of Africa Film Academy who recently stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of AMAA, Ms. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, said the charity gala will be used to raise funds to support the academy’s work across Africa, adding that Africa has come of age and the positive stories about the continent must be told to the rest of the world through motion pictures.

“We want to raise funds to support our training and other talent development programmes across Africa. We are selling tables and souvenirs to raise the funds. It will be a gala night with Joyous Celebration, Africa’s largest Gospel Band from South Africa on stand to entertain our guests. We are praising God for blessing our work in the last 10 years and also raising awareness about the work we do through our Film-in-a-Box project across the continent. We call on our partners, sponsors and other corporate bodies to support us the more,’’ she said.

At the charity ball, five of the 10 short-listed Nigerian journalists will be decorated for emerging winners in the special recognition awards for media men who have covered the AMAA awards in the last decade. The AMAA Media Recognition Awards is to celebrate African journalists who have helped to project the awards and the motion picture industry to the rest of the world.

wemi esho