Two
Gambian artistes have been nominated in the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on
6 November 2016 , in Lagos, Nigeria.
T
Smallz has been nominated with his latest single “Guewel”, under best African
reggae-ragga, while Jizzle has been nominated with his single “Man of the year”
feat Artenola, under best African hip-hop song.
Below you can click these links and vote for
them.http://www.afrima.org/…/continent…/best-african-reggae-ragga,
http://www.afrima.org/…/continent…/best-african-hip-hop-song
Public
voting for the nominees in the different categories of the awards opens on
September 12 and ends Saturday, November 5.
In
partnership with The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Official Host City,
Lagos State, AFRIMA 3.0.
Calendar of events for November 4-6, 2016 will
include the Africa Music Business Summit on Friday, November 4, and the AFRIMA
Music Village, an open concert-style festival featuring nominees and other top
billed music stars.
The
grand awards ceremony holds on Sunday, November 6, with over 6,000 guests
expected in Lagos, Nigeria, for the various events. All roads lead to Lagos!
The
22 continental nomination categories include different music genres, as well as
coveted categories of “Artiste of the Year in Africa”, “Best Video in Africa”,
“Best Producer in Africa”, “Best Songwriter in Africa” and “Revelation of the
Year in Africa”.
This
year also saw the introduction of an innovative category by the International
Jury of AFRIMA titled “African Fans Favourite”, to recognise African artistes
who create chartbusting, anthemic songs that propel the artistes to great
popularity within and outside their respective countries and regions.
Reiterating
the Jury’s position on fairness and transparency, Associate Producer, AFRIMA,
Ms. Adenrele Niyi, said the gap between when the Regional and Continental
Nominees List were released was necessary for the Jury to ‘painstakingly review
and grade the qualified entries submitted, and carefully and accurately fit
them into their appropriate categories’.
“There
is the need to be accurate right from the process of verifying eligibility of
entries, to the process of collating and finalising results. Screening and
selection of entries are evolving processes which we work painstakingly to
ensure transparency and fairness,” Ms. Niyi stated.
The
Regional Categories which featured Best Female Artistes and Best Male Artistes
of the five regions, nominated 65 artistes, while 184 nominees make up the
newly-released continental categories with online public voting begin on September 12 on the AFRIMA voting
platform domiciled on www.afrima.org
Also
commending the commitment of the AFRIMA Jury to the adjudication process,
Director of Communication/Sponsorship, AFRIMA, Ms. Matlou Tsotetsi, observed
that having been tasked with the responsibility, the Jury dedicates time and
effort to get the best expressions of the rich African cultural heritage in
music.
Ms.
Tsotetsi said: “The urbane mix of African sounds in sync with modern tunes and
works that promote the positive image of Africa to the world, are some of the
guidelines the Jury worked with during the screening/selection exercise.”
AFRIMA
will continue to maintain exemplary standards and uphold African music and
culture as it had done since inception in 2014.
“The
process is very transparent and the public can follow the entire process online
and make any enquiries to the AFRIMA Secretariat,” she concluded.
