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| Majid Michel on 2012 AMAA Awards stage |
Majid
won Best Actor in lead role category at the 2012 edition of the award after
outshining Hollywood names Hakeem Kae Kazim and Chet Anekwe, and other
contenders such as Wale Ojo from Nigeria and Karado Lance, Jafta Mamabolo and
Menzi Ngubane- all from South Africa.
That
was Majid’s first AMAA award after he was nominated four times since 2009.
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| Majid Michel on AMAA 2012 stage |
Receiving
his award on stage that fateful night, Majid promised African movie observes of
his return, saying, “I will be back.”
“Anytime
I am given a platform like this to say something sensible, I never do. But
today I’m going to try and say something worthwhile. Great thanks go to God,
the crew of the movie, ‘Somewhere in Africa’, 4reez, Louis. I want to thank
them for supporting me to bring that character out. I want to say big thanks to
you AMAA awards.”
“This
is my AMAA awards 2012. Today is a memorable day for me. I have been nominated
for the past four years consecutively. I didn’t see it coming. I had a bet with
my advisor- Mawuli. He told me I was going to win but I said no I don’t deserve
it. So if I win I will give him the award, (he gave the statuette to Mawuli who
was on stage with him and others), but I will take it later. I want to say big
thanks to you my wife, my sister, my mum paid my film fees and to my father,
who is late. To all single people here thank you so much for the support. I can
see some faces; Nse, Rita, Kate … I don’t want to say much. I think the time is
ticking. Thank you so much AMAA awards. Great job for me; next year I will be
back,” he said.
But
as it stands, now Majid will perhaps be back for the 2013 edition of the award
as an observer and not a competitor.
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