The All Africa Music Awards, Afrima happened yesterday and various artistes were awarded in Lagos, Nigeri, it took place at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Various celebrities who were nominated represented in the house as the event was on.
From all the list of winners through different categories and countries, Henok & Mehari Brothers were awarded for Best Artist/Duo/Group African RnB from Ethiopia.
The winners were 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”.
“The common thread that runs in the culture and the very being as Africans is music. Although different in beat and in rhythm, depending on the region, we love music.
It uplifts us during challenging times, it inspires us, it motivates us and unites us.
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.
As part of our mission we aim to promote and preserve Africa’s biggest exports; our culture, music. We will do this through workshops and summits that will highlight issues such as intellectual property and treating music as a career and business.” stated the Afrima objective.
Here is the Full List of Winners.
Best Male East Africa – Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Best Female East Africa – Cindy Sanyu (Uganda)
Best Male South Africa – Black Coffee (South Africa)
Best female South Africa – Sally Boss Madam (Namibia)
Best Male Central Africa- Wax Dey (Cameroon)
Best Female Central Africa- Bruna Tatiana (Angola)
Best Male North Africa – DJ Van (Morocco)
Best Female North Africa- Zina Daoudia (Morocco)
Best Male West Africa – Flavour (Nigeria)10. Best Female West Africa – Aramide (Nigeria)
Best Inspirational Female – Naomi Achu (Cameroon)
Best Artiste/Dou/GroupBand in African Contemporary- Flavour (Nigeria)
Most Promising Artiste- Amine Aub (Morocco)
African Fans Favorite – Phyno (Nigeria)
Song writer of the year – Unique (Uganda)
Special Recognition Award- King Sunny Ade (Nigeria)
Best Artist/Duo/Group African Hiphop- Stanley Enow (Cameroon)
Best Artist/Duo/Group African Ragga & Dancehall- Patoranking (Nigeria)
Best Artist/Duo/Group African Traditional music- Zeynab (Benin)
Best Artist/Duo/Group African Electro -Such (Zimbabwe)
Best Artist/Duo/Group African RnB – Henok & Mehari Brothers (Ethiopia)
Best Artist/Duo/Group in African Rock -M’vula (Angola)
Best African Jazz – Jimmy Dludlu (South Africa)
Best African Group -VVIP (Ghana)
Best African Collaboration – Mbilo Mbilo by Eddy Kenzo (Uganda) ft Niniola (Nigeria)
Video of the Year – Dogo Yaro by VVIP (Ghana)
Revelation of the year – Falz (Nigeria)
Album of the year – Ahmed Soultan (Morocco)
Song of the year- Utanipenda Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Artist of the Year -Wizkid (Nigeria)