Lagos, Nigeria is set to host Africa and the international film community at the eighth Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), taking place this Sunday, 22 April 2012, at the Expo Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites. At the World Media Conference held in Lagos recently, AMAA founder Peace Anyiam Osigwe announced “Africa Rising” as the theme of this year’s awards.
“After decades of being one of the largest consumers of foreign films in the world, the nearly one billion strong African audience is embracing its continent’s unique stories and storytellers,” says Peace. “A new wave of African filmmakers has emerged across the continent. In Nigeria, Nollywood has effectively repositioned Africa’s creative industries.
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When Twitter Fails: Lydia Forson Goes Mad!
Celebrities, as normal human beings do get angry sometimes. It is always unusual to find them get angry and show it publicly considering their status in society. But when they get to the extent of spiting fire on social media networks, then it means they are really pissed.
Approximately there are over 300 million users of Twitter. Interestingly, activities of these users cannot be controlled as each of the users uses the social networking service for various reasons.
One person who has dedicated her Twitter page to tweet, lambast and castigate people who on regular basis flock the World Wide Web with various video recordings and indecent pictures of innocent people is Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson.