The 6-year-old Nigerian comedian, Emmanuella Samuel has been nominated for the New African Women Awards, which sees
67 women vie for awards in 12 different categories, including New African Woman of the Year.
Emmanuella has risen to YouTube stardom by appearing in videos on her uncle’s Mark Angel Comedy. Many of the videos she appears in have had over 1m views. Her success began with “this is not my real face” skit, which has more than 3m views.
While other nominees include actress Lupita Nyong’o, Olympic gold medalist Vivian Cheruiyot and author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
The inspirational women are from the worlds of business, finance, sport, media and politics. And Winners in each category will be announced on 12 April at a Gala Dinner in Dakar, Senegal.
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