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

by WKMUp

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

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–
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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