Present for the AFRIMA Panel of Jurors at the unveiling event was
jury member Mr. Oscar Kidjo, a seasoned music producer, representing West
Africa (Benin Republic). Also representing the International Committee of
AFRIMA were: Executive Producer/President, Mike Dada; Director Brand
Communication & Sponsorship, Matlou Tsotetsi; Chairman, International Media
Committee, Steve Ayorinde and Co-Producer/Country Director, Nigeria, Kingsley
James. Other attendees included African music industry personalities, heads of
partner corporate organisations and music industry stakeholders.
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. While 30 of the 33 award categories will be open for voting by
the public and AFRIMA Academy of Voters, Mike Dada revealed that recipients of
the AFRIMA Legend Award and the Africa Entertainment/Music Journalist Award
will be decided by the International Committee of AFRIMA and announced at the
main awards ceremony on Sunday, November 9, 2014.
Mike Dada said further that the AFRIMA voting online platform will
open on Tuesday, September 30 for the five-week voting process, while
encouraging the public, fans and followers of African music to visit the AFRIMA
website, www.afrima.org , to view the nominees in the 30 categories of the award and vote
for their favourite artiste (s).
For the 2014 edition, the award project opened entries on May 15
and closed the submission of entries on July 21 in the process receiving a
staggering total of 2,025 works for assessment submitted by African music
industry artistes, professionals and journalists.
The AFRIMA Jury, made up of seasoned African industry
practitioners, were in Lagos, Nigeria, between July 31 to August 6 for the
week-long adjudication of entries from artistes, songwriters, video directors,
producers as well as journalists. In addition to Oscar Kidjo, the other jury
members include: Kawesa Richard (Uganda) Eastern Africa; Tabu Osusa (Kenya)
Eastern Africa; Laolu Akintobi (Nigeria) Western Africa; Robert Esong Ekukole
(Cameroon), Central Africa; Kiki Toure (Equatorial Guinea) Central Africa;
Delani Makhalima (Zimababwe) Southern Africa; Chris Syren (South Africa)
Southern Africa; Angela Martins African Union Commission; Rab Bakari (USA)
Diaspora and Rita Ray (UK), Diaspora. The result of the Jury’s work and the
thorough collation by AFRIMA’s Kenya-based internal auditors has produced the
AFRIMA 2014 Nominees’ List.
The
continental award categories are: Best Male Artiste - Inspirational Music, Best
Female Artiste - Inspirational Music, Best Inspirational Music Group, Best
Traditional African Artiste, Best African Contemporary Artiste, Most Promising
African Artiste, Revelation of the Year, Producer of the Year, Artiste of the
Year, Song of the Year, Video of the year, Songwriter of the Year, Album of the
Year, R ‘n’ B Song of the Year, Pop Song of the Year, Rap Song of the Year,
Collaboration of the Year, Best African Ragga/Reggae/Dancehall Song, Best
African Group, Music/Entertainment Journalist of the Year and AFRIMA Legend
Award.
Regional
categories are: Best Male Artiste East Africa, Best Female Artiste East Africa,
Best Male Artiste Central Africa, Best Male Artiste Central Africa, Best Female
Artiste Central Africa, Best Male Artiste Southern Africa, Best Female Artiste
Southern Africa, Best Male Artiste North Africa, Best Female Artiste North
Africa, Best Male Artiste West Africa, Best Female Artiste West Africa,
In partnership with the African Union Commission, All Africa Music
Awards promises to be a premium star-studded event on November 9, preceded by
the AFRIMA Music Village between November 4 and 7, a four-day festival style
open concert of non-stop music, fanfare and exhibition from countries in Africa
and performances by African artistes. There will also be an African Music
Summit, November 6 to 7, themed "Reviving the Business of Music in
Africa". The two-day conference will be a platform for the music industry
stakeholders to engage and deliberate on how the industry can be nurtured and
be a major contributor to national and continental economies.
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