The 16th Edition of African films award a.k.a Afro hollywood awards will hold in the Uk on 6th of November2011 .
The award ceremony which will take place at stratford town hall , london has a rich list of nominees including one of South Africa’s leading actors, Presley Chweneyagae (famed for his lead role in Tsotsi), who will slug it out with Nigeria’s Saheed Balogun and Ghana’s Majid Michael.
According to the shortlist of nominees released by the African Voice Newspaper UK, organisers of the awards, the keenly contested list of award nominees features heavyweights such as Tonto Dike, Halima Abubakar, Toyin Aimaku, Jamila Umar Nagudu, Funke Adesiyan, Lekan Oladiipo, Rukky Sandy, Halima Abubakar, Nkiru Sylvanus, Doris Simeon, Toyin Aimaku, Ayo Adesanya, Laide Bakare, Odunlade Adekola and Yomi Fash-Lanso contesting in various other categories.
The winners in each awards category, who will be attending the awards in London, will be announced at a special ceremony on Sunday 9 October in Osogbo, Osun State, southwest Nigeria.