Monday 27 October 2014

Popular names make AFRIMA 2014 Nominees’ List





Information reaching Daily Newswatcg stated that the five regions of Africa gave an impressive account of their respective music industry as the 2014 Nominees’ List of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), was unveiled on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 during a world press conference held in Lagos, Nigeria.
Although popular names in the continental music industry showed up on the highly-anticipated Nominees’ List of the awards project that is rewarding excellence by budding and established music professionals as well as journalists, the nominations of a generous number of emerging African artistes in many award categories threw more excitement into the unveiling event witnessed by local and international press as well as critical stakeholders in the music industry.
Among the well-known African music names on the nominees list are: Mafikizolo (South Africa) six nominations, Davido (Nigeria) six nominations, Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) two nominations, Amr Diab (Egypt) two nominations, Zahara (South Africa) three nominations, Sakordie (Ghana) one nomination, Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) two nominations and Uhuru (South Africa) five nominations. Leading the budding music acts on AFRIMA Nominees’ List is: TemiDollFace (Nigeria) four nominations, others are Wiyaala (Ghana) four nominations; Patoranking (Nigeria) two nominations and Noura Mint Seymale (Mauritania) two nominations, among others.
Giving details into the criteria by which the nominees list emerged, Matlou Tsotetsi explained that the jury panel adhered strictly to the entry submission requirements while being guided by AFRIMA’s core values of FACE IT –Fairness, Authenticity, Creativity, Excellence, Integrity and Transparency.
AFRIMA voting online platform was opened Tuesday, September 30 for the five-week voting process; 30 of the 33 award categories is opened for voting by the public and AFRIMA Academy of Voters,
Kindly log in to www.afrima.org to view the nominees in 30 categories and vote for your favourite artiste(s).

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