The African Union and the 13-man Jury of
the All Africa Music Awards, have unveiled the Nominees’ List for the
2016 edition of AFRIMA.
Top contenders for the coveted award
include some of Africa’s biggest music titans like Tiwa Savage, Yemi
Alade, Seyi Shay and Niniola.
According to the Moderator of the
adjudication process, Mr. Mike Strano, about 2,700 entries from African
music professionals were received during the period of May 20, 2015 to
July 30, 2016. Describing the nominations process as careful and
thorough, Mr. Strano harped on the Jury’s resolve to be fair and
transparent.
“The Jury is very careful about being
accurate right from the process of verifying eligibility of entries to
the process of collating and finalising results. It is an evolving
process but one we work painstakingly at to ensure transparency and
fairness,” Strano explained.
Speaking further, Strano who is the
Regional Director, Eastern Africa/Co-Producer, AFRIMA said, “There are
34 categories of the award but only 10 are released, which are the
Regional Categories. A new category introduced this year is the
“People’s Choice Award” which comes out from a healthy debate by the
International Committee of AFRIMA and the Jury.”
Describing the jurors’ experience as
rewarding, the Head, Culture Division, African Union Commission, Mrs.
Angela Martins, reiterated the AU and AFRIMA’s objectives of unity among
African artistes and the need for continental integration while
celebrating its rich music and heritage.
She said, “The adjudication process was
very rewarding and as one privileged to be part of the Jury, I was able
to discover the widespread talents in the different regions of our
beloved continent. Now, that the AFRIMA adjudication has been finalised,
we expect that in the coming months, Africans will recognise these
nominated artistes by putting in votes for all of them.”
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