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2022 Critics Poll: List of Participating Critics and How They Voted

We have broken down all of the individual votes that were counted as part of the 2022 What Kept Me Up Critics Poll. 

You can find the full list of this year’s results here.


Events That Shaped Nollywood in 2022


In order of submission

What Kept Me Up

Yahoo+
For Maria
Obara’M
Choke
The Milkmaid


Jerry Chiemeke, Freelance

For Maria Ebun Pataki
Brotherhood
The Milkmaid
Tainted Canvas
King of Thieves


Adedimeji Quayyim Abdul-Hafeez, Pulse Nigeria

Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman
Anikulapo
King of Thieves
The Griot
Brotherhood


Anika Micheal Olaleye, The Cinema Radar

Tainted Canvas
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Inside Life
King of Thieves
Hey You!


Dika Ofoma, Dika Thinks

The Milkmaid
Anikulapo
Yahoo+
Brotherhood
For Maria Ebun Pataki


Jeremiah John, Freelance

Yahoo+
The Milkmaid
Country Hard
King of Thieves
For Maria Ebun Pataki


Oge E, Nollywood Reinvented

Brotherhood
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Collision Course
Anikulapo
Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman


Vivian Nneka Nwajiaku, Afrocritik

The Milkmaid
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Tainted Canvas
Brotherhood
Country Hard


Seyi Lasisi, The Film Conversation

The Milkmaid
Yahoo+
Brotherhood
The Man of God
Anikulapo


Precious Mamazeus Nwogu, Freelance



For Maria Ebun Pataki


Ayodele Olawumi, What Kept Me Up

Choke
Obara’M
Inside Life
Anikulapo
King of Thieves


Șẹgun Ọdẹjimi, Freelance

The Milkmaid
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Ile Owo
Brotherhood
The Griot


Mrs C, Iroko Critic

Something Special
The Blood Covenant
The Man for the Job
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Tainted Canvas


Mr Critic, Iroko Critic

The Milkmaid
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Something Special
The Blood Covenant
Country Hard


Osamudiamen Joseph, Film Rats Club

Yahoo+
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Ile Owo
Country Hard
The Griot


Wilfred, Freelance

For Maria Ebun Pataki
The Milkmaid
Tainted Canvas
Yahoo+
Brotherhood


Tito Abumere, Tito’s Second Channel

Yahoo+
Brotherhood
Anikulapo
Collision Course
A Simple Lie


Michael Kolawole, Freelance

The Milkmaid
Anikulapo
King of Thieves
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Tainted Canvas


Michael John, Cinema Shed

The Milkmaid
For Maria Ebun Pataki
King of Thieves
Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman
Collision Course


Christiana Peter, The Film Conversation

Brotherhood
King of Thieves
Obara’M
Passport
The Man of God


Hilary, tharevue.com

Brotherhood
For Maria Ebun Pataki
Aki and Pawpaw
Anikulapo
Obara’M


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