Nollywood filmmaker and Founder of Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Barr. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe(MFR) has passed on.

Anyiam-Osigwe, who is the first female President of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP), was announced dead after being in coma at a Lagos hospital.

Regarded as one of the pillars of Africa’s film industry, Peace instituted the prestigious AMAA awards in 2005, a platform which has helped in creating avenues for filmmakers to distribute and gain recognition for their works at major global film festivals.

A Lawyer and philanthropist, the filmmaker, Peace hails from the famous Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe family in Nkwerre, Imo State.

A statement from the Anyiam-Osiwgwe family reads:

Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe: An epitome of creative transcendance

The Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe clan, in thanksgiving to God and in the belief that God is good and everything He does is good and in accordance with His divine will, pattern and plan, announce the passing to eternal glory of our illustrious beloved daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt Ms. Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe (MFR)

Peace, the Ada of the Anyiam-Osigwe family, was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter, humanitarian, one-of-a-kind creative, and visionary leader in the film and television industry. Peace left indelible imprints on the sands of time.

We as a family and clan will continue do all that is necessary to ensure that her legacy lives on – the Africa Movie Academy Awards and the Africa Film Academy, along with their training programmes across Nigeria and the African continent will carry on seamlessly by institutions she set up and with the full support of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation and other Institutions and Government Agencies with whom she has worked over the years. Her numerous charities across different religious denominations and other communities will also be continued.

We will miss the love and companionship we shared with her and we pray “that your Chi guide you on the path to God’s everlasting love into the light of his consciousness.”

We also pray God, our Father of all mercies to grant you eternal rest in his heavenly kingdom where his perpetual light will continue to shine on.

We believe you are alive in the life of God because as our father said “ALL IS LIFE AND LIFE ALONE”. And you continue to live in the hearts of all who love you.

The family will announce the details of her rites of passage in due course.

Meanwhile, the Family respectfully asks, at this time, for the public to respect the privacy of the family as we contemplate God’s love for his children.

Signed
Anyiam-Osigwe Family