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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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