Davido, Burna Boy, Simi, Tiwa Savage And Others Nominated For 2019 AFRIMA

The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have unveiled the Nominees’ list (regional category) for its 6th edition. Tiwa Savage, Davido, Burna Boy, Simi, Wizkid, Kizz Daniel, Teni, Yemi Alade, Niniola along with other international artistes were nominated for 2019 edition of the prestigious award.

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This was made public on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 during a press conference held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos by Aderele Niyi, AFRIMA’s Associate Producer.

According to Niyi the nominees were selected after rigorous screenings by a 13-man jury of experienced professionals in the industry. Some of the criteria used in arriving at the nominees include:  fairness, creativity, excellence, integrity, originality of their music, authenticity which must reveal African concept among other things.

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Burna boy with his song “Ye”, Davido’s “Wonder Woman”, Kizz Daniel’s “Madu”, Wizkid’s “Fever” were nominated for the category of best male artistes from West Africa.

Other nominated artistes are: King Promise from Ghana; Salif Keita from Mali, Shatta Wale from Ghana, Sidiky Diabate from Mali and late DJ Arafat from Cote d’Ivoire.

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The nominees for the female category from Nigeria and their works are, Simi’s “I Dun Care”; Tiwa Savage’s “One”; Teni’s “Case”; Yemi Alade’s “Oh My Gosh”; Niniola’s Bana.

Others are Aya Nakamura from Mali; Jossey from Cote d’Ivoire; Kanuer Adams from Liberia; Manamba Kante from Guinea and Mzuee from Ghana.

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The AFRIMA online voting platform is set to open to the public on Sunday, September 1 and will run till November 22, where both continental and regional nominees in the 36 AFRIMA awarding categories will compete against one another for the coveted 23.9 carats gold-plated AFRIMA Trophy.

The 2019 AFRIMA ceremony is scheduled to be held on November 20-23, 2019, a four-day festival of music, glamour, Afrocentricism and entertainment in a country that will be announced next month.

Source: AfricaCelebrities.com