Kenyan Actor Litondo Misses Out On Award

Kenyan actor Oliver Litondo, who was nominated for the award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture at the 2012 National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) Awards missed out on it last night, at the ceremony held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA.

The award category winner was Laz Alonso, for Tri Star Picture’s ‘Jumping The Broom’. He edged out, among others, Oliver Litondo for The First Grader, Laurence Fishburne for Contagion and Vin Diesel for Fast Five.

Read more about Litondo’s nomination here >>

The awards ceremony also featured a special dedicatory feature to the late Prof. Wangari Maathai, highlighting her life and achievements. Stay tuned to Ghafla for more information on this.