NINAH's DOWRY NOMINATED 7 TIMES FOR AFRICAN MOVIE ACADEMY AWARD[AMAA]

Mbutung Seikeh as Ninah

      The ninth edition of Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the most popular awards ceremony in Africa, is scheduled to come off April 25, 2013 in Bayelsa, Nigeria.On thursday the 16 march,nominees for the award were announced and Nina's Dowry emmerges with 7 nominations.It was written and directed by award winning director Victor Viyuch.It was nominated for;

  1;AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Make:up
  2; AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Screenplay
  3; AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Child Actor
  4; AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Supporting Role
  5; AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role
  6 ;AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Leading Role
  7; AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film

      The film opens in the mountains of Cameroon, Africa with Ninah (Mbufung Seikeh) the 20-year-old wife of Memfi (Anurin Nwunembom) her head strong husband.  A sharecropper for a local land baron, his duty to him overshadows justice to his family.  On one afternoon Memfi gets a visit from the baron telling him that one of his children has ridden his horse. Being forbidden, Memfi has to punish the boy.  Ninah steps in to protect him she also gets beaten.
      Deciding she has had enough abuse, Ninah escapes the house and travels to her sick father.  When she gets there they tell her that she must go back to her husband because it is the customary law.  Ninah refuses causing uproar among her family members and friends of Memfi.  Memfi demands his dowry back.  When she cannot pay he grabs her and forces her to go back to his farm.
     The film has some very gut wrenching scenes with a lot of brutality.Victor Viyuch gives the viewer a close up view of how women are treated in the Cameroon like slaves to their husbands and fathers.