The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with African Union Commission, AUC, has unveiled the final nominees for its 2015 edition.
At an international media conference which took place penultimate Friday at Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, President/Executive Producer of AFRIMA, Mike Dada said that the award ceremony is aimed at celebrating the rich musical heritage of the African continent.
According to him, the five star awards ceremony which takes place on Sunday, November 15 this year will be preceded by the AFRIMA Music Village between November 13 and 14, a two-day festival style outdoor concert of non-stop music, funfair and exhibition from countries in Africa and performances by African artistes.
“There will also be an African Music Summit on November 13, themed Reviving the Business of Music in Africa. The one-day conference will be a platform for the music industry stakeholders to engage and deliberate on how the industry can be nurtured and be a major contributor to national and continental economies,” he said.
Among those who made the list are sensational African music acts like Amr Dab (Egypt), Olamide (Nigeria), Davido (Nigeria), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Psquare (Nigeria), Charlotte Dipanda (Cameroon), Sauti Sol (Kenya) and Sakordie (Ghana).
Others are Nigeria’s Yemi Alade, Casper Nyovest (South Africa), Kiss Daniel (Nigeria), Wiyaala (Ghana), Patoranking (Nigeria), Joy Gitau (Kenya), Ruby Gyang (Nigeria) and THT (Madagascar).
Nigeria’s Davido and Yemi Alade emerged the artistes with the highest chances of winning trophies with four and five nominations respectively. Also, respected music video director, Clarence Peters (Nigeria) made it into the Africa video of the Year category for the video of the song Golibe by Flavour and Shekini by Psquare.
He is nominated alongside other directors like Enos Olik (Kenya), Stanley Ajjetey (Ghana), John Njaga Demps and Unlimited L.A (Senegal & Nigeria) as well as Gyo Gyimah (Ghana).
The Nation
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