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Yvonne Okoro & Majid Win Pan African Actors Award

Yvonne Okoro and Majid Michel on set
Talented Ghanaian actors Yvonne Okoro and Majid Michel have raised the country’s flag high at this years’ edition of Nigeria Entertainment Award (NEA) held in New York over the weekend.
Yvonne won Pan Africa Best Actress with her performance in the movie ‘Single Six’.
She competed with popular award-winning actresses Ama Abebrese- ‘Ties That Bind’, Juliet Ibrahim- ‘Crazy Scandal’, Kudzai Sevenzo- ‘Playing Warriors’, Jokate Mwegelo- ‘Chumo’ and Millicent Mahheido- ‘48’. 
Majid also won the Pan African Best Actor with his role in the Frank Rajah-directed ‘Somewhere in Africa’.
The reigning African Academy Awards best actor beat the likes of Van Vicker (‘Paparazzi’), Chris Attoh (‘6 Hours To Christmas’) and John Dumelo (‘Ties That Bind’) to pick the top award.
This is the seventh edition of NEA which honours African entertainers.
It took place via a grand red carpet ceremony in New York, from August 31 to September 2.
Both Majid and Yvonne were not at the ceremony because organizers didn’t put the right measures in place to get them to the ceremony. Other nominees as Ama K and John Dumelo were also not there.
However, there were some popular Nigerian celebrities, some of whom also picked awards, at the ceremony.

Below is the full list of NEA 2012 award winners     
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR SUPERSTAR – Wizkid
BEST PICTURE – PHONE SWAP
BEST TV SHOW – BBA
HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR – DAMI DURO- DAVIDO
BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR -DAVIDO
GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR -TIM GODFREY
BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR -WIZKID
BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR -VECTOR
MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR -DON JAZZY
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST TINIE TEMPAH
BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR NAWTI- OLU MAINTAIN
MOST PROMISING ACT TO WATCH – EVA
PAN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR – VIVIAN NDOUR
BEST US BASED ARTIST OF THE YEAR – AWON BOYZ
BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP -FLAVOUR
BEST ACTOR (FILM) -WALE OJO (PHONE SWAP)
BEST ACTRESS (FILM) - FUNKE AKINDELE (TROJ)
BEST FILM DIRECTOR – KUNLE AFOLAYAN (PHONE SWAP)
PAN AFRICAN ACTOR – MAJID MICHEL (SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA)
PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS -YVONNE OKORO (SINGLE SIX)
WORLD DJ – DJ JIMMY JATT (NIGERIA)
BEST COMEDIAN – ALIBABA
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY – UTI
ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER) – FLYTIME
MEDIA PERSONALITY -TOOLZ (BEAT FM 99.9 LAGOS)
BEST COLLABO OF THE YEAR -SAUCE KID FT DAVIDO (CAROLINA)
ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE – eLDeeTheDon



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