The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), has implored governments of African countries to arrest the growing cases of violent deaths against music stars on the continent just as it urged the South African authorities to expedite the process of prosecution of the killers of rapper Kiernan Forbes popularly known as AKA.…
The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC has appointed the President of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, Mr Mike Dada, as the Chairman of its Creative and Cultural Committee. With the mandate to explore the many opportunities in the business world and Nigeria’s economy, the Chamber recently launched the Creative and Cultural Sectoral Group to further…
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) hereby announce the deferment of the 2020 edition of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, to 2021 in the light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decision to suspend the 7th Annual Edition of the main awards ceremony…
Organisers of the prestigious All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have said entries for this year’s edition, the sixth in the series, will close on Friday August 2. Last Friday, in its continual drive to build capacity for knowledge sharing among African music professionals and culture enthusiasts, AFRIMA hosted music and culture industry stakeholders at a…
The calendar of events for the 2017 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in partnership with the African Union will be formally opened on Tuesday, May 2 at a joint AUC-AFRIMA cultural conference to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 2017 entry submission timeline for the prestigious continental awards will also be revealed at the…
Africa will be unstoppable at the 2016 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, as the International Committee of AFRIMA in association with the Africa Union Commission (AUC) and Lagos State reveal an unprecedented stellar line up of top billed African stars including AFRIMA 2016 nominees and multiple award-winning South African choral group, Soweto Choir who have…
The annual festival organised to celebrate the late music maestro and Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo Kuti called Felabration, now has a new partner. The event will now be supported by the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, which successfully released its nominees list for the 2016 edition of the awards. The decision to support the 2016…
As part of its activities of showcasing Africa’s rich cultural heritage to the global community, the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA will be present at Europe’s biggest street carnival, the London Notting Hill Carnival 2016. The carnival, which is a vivid spectacle representing London’s multicultural past and present, kicks off on Saturday, August 27. The…
Ahead of the nominee announcement which comes up on August 22, 2016, members of the Jury for the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday, August 17,2016 and have commenced the adjudication exercise. The screening/nominee selection is scheduled to hold in Lagos State just as the city was last Monday August…
The African Union Commission, AUC, and the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, have earmarked four cities in Nigeria to host the third edition of the awards ceremony, which holds in November 2016. This was disclosed at just concluded 27th AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda on July 17, 2016. The four cities…