AFRIMA Unveils Nominees For ContinentalCategories

The African Union Commission, AUC, and the
13-man Jury of the All Africa Music Awards,
AFRIMA, have released the highly

anticipated
2016 Nominees List for the Continental
Categories of Africa’s leading awards project.
The 2016 AFRIMA Continental Nominees List
was released to the public via the media and
on the AFRIMA website www.afrima. org on
Tuesday, September 6, two weeks after the
Nominees list for the Regional Categories of
the awards were unveiled on Monday, August
22 at a Press Conference in 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 finalizing results.
Screening and selection of entries are evolving
processes which we work painstakingly at to
ensure transparency and fairness,” 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
expected to begin on Monday, 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.
“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 said.
Public voting for the nominees in the different
categories of the awards opens on Monday,
September 12 and ends Saturday, November 5

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