AFRIMA PROMOTING AFRICA MUSIC

AFRIMA literally All Africa Music Awards will take place on the 09 November 2014 in Ghana. It is a combined effort to recognize and award, promote and preserve Africa’s rich music culture.

Debates, ideas, strategies have taken place over the last three years to identify a gap in the market place and most importantly to close that gap.
Also to create a brand that will truly live up to the expectations of its internal and external stakeholders. Deliberations and conferencing included regional directors and strategists from the SADEC, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, North and West Africa. AFRIMA has five Regional Directors and 54 Country Directors as part of the decision making organs.

The winner will be awarded a trophy that is in the form of a Djembe drum and a microphone. According to the Bamana people of Mali, the Djembe comes from saying “Anke dje, anke” which translates to: “Everyone gather together in peace”.

AFRIMA strives to pull Africans together using a medium to which we are inherently dispositioned and use it to bring about peace on our continent.

The categories are: Best Male Artiste of East Africa* Best Female Artiste of East Africa* Best Male Artiste Central Africa; Best Male Artiste Inspirational Music* Best Female Artiste Inspirational Music, Revelation of the Year* Most Promising Artiste* Songwriter of the Year. The Public will be required to vote for his choice by SMS ONLY.

African artistes should submit their audio or video entry using download links to YouTube, Sound Cloud or other compatible music platforms to qualify for nomination in award categories relevant to their artistic work. Entry submission will open on AFRIMA website immediately after the International Committee of AFRIMA announces the “Call For Entry” process in the public media (print, TV, radio, online) across Africa and overseas.

Marilou Ntoumba