‘Joro’ crooner, Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid has made history by becoming the first Nigerian to win the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) image awards on two occasions.
The Nigerian singer snatched the NAACP Image Award which was created to celebrate Black “stories, culture and excellence in film, TV, music and literature.”
Wizkid earned the award after his collaboration with American singer Beyonce’s “Brown Skin Girl” won an award at the 2020 edition of the popular Image awards.
See list of some of the winners below;
Outstanding Documentary (Television – Series or Special)
The Last Dance
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
Melissa Haizlip, Mr. SOUL!
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
Keith McQuirter, By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
Vegetable Kingdom, Bryant Terry
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
The Age of Phillis, Honorée Jeffers
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm, Katheryn Russell-Brown & Eric Velasquez
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
Before the Ever After, Jacqueline Woodson
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
The Awkward Black Man, Walter Mosley
Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
A Promised Land, Barack Obama
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
We’re Better Than This, Elijah Cummings
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
The Dead Are Arising, Les Payne & Tamara Payne
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You – Ep. 112 “Ego Death”
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Attica Locke, Little Fires Everywhere – Ep. 104 “The Spider Web”
Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special
Geri Cole, The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Old Guard
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Anya Adams, Black-ish – Ep. 611 “Hair Day”
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Hanelle Culpepper, Star Trek: Picard – Ep. 101 “Remembrance”
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special
Eugene Ashe, Sylvie’s Love
Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama
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Outstanding Performance in a Short Form
Laurence Fishburne, #FreeRayshawn
Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction
“Between The Scenes” – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Outstanding Short-Film (Live Action)
Black Boy Joy
Outstanding Short-Film (Animated)
Canvas
Outstanding Talk Series
Red Table Talk
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition or Game Show
Celebrity Family Feud
