2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards 2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards The 2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 29, 2006 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2005. The ceremony was broadcast live on Nigerian national television. Numerous celebrities and top Nigerian politicians attended the event, including Goodluck Jonathan (former Governor of Bayelsa State) and various Nollywood actresses and actors. Special guest was South African Grammy Award-winning artist Miriam Makeba who performed at the ceremony. Nigerian veteran actor and playwright Hubert Ogunde received a posthumous award. The winners of the 19 Award
Auteuring Nollywood important to the film as they are to the entire industry". Danjuma Dadu of Nigerian Film Corporation stated: ""Auteuring Nollywood" was a welcome addition to the body of knowledge on film discourse in Nigeria and that the Film Corporation is proud to be associated with it". Auteuring Nollywood Auteuring Nollywood: Critical Perspectives on The Figurine is a book released on 31 July 2014, detailing the scholarly analysis of events in the 2009 film "The Figurine" directed by Kunle Afolayan. The book is the first book in the history of Nigerian Cinema to be devoted to the work of a single