Seasoned film, broadcast, communication scholar and and entertainment critic, Dr Shaibu Husseini, has been appointed an international voting member of the prestigious Golden Globe Award. In his letter of appointment, Helen Hoehne, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), organisers of the award said the HFPA was thrilled to have Shaibu as an international voting member for the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards which will take place on Sunday, January 7, 2024.
Husseini, who described his appointment as the highest imprimatur for his career said his invitation to be a significant part of the Golden Globe awards was deeply meaningful to him as it afforded him the opportunity to play a pivotal role in deciding nominees and winners of the 81st edition of the Golden Globes. He described the appointment into the elite class of international voters as a privilege, to be able to support and celebrate the world’s best talent in television and film production and promised to, as he had always done to other assignments of this nature, tackle it with much joy and commitment.
Husseini holds a PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos. An alumnus of the Berlinale Campus Press, Husseini is reputed to be one of the most consistent documentarists of Nigeria’s vibrant movie industry, Nollywood and an astute commentator on arts, theatre and film development in Nigeria and the continent of Africa.
The Chair, for 12 years running, of the Selection Committee of Africa’s premier film award-the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and a member of the prestigious AMAA jury, Shaibu currently sits on a number of local and international ccommittees on film, theatre and allied matters including serving on the board and on the jury of a number of Festivals, Awards and Committees. He is a member of the Nigeria Official Selection Committee charged with the responsibility of deciding Nigeria’s entry for the Best International Film category of the Academy Awards.
