…As
Submission Of Songs And Videos To Commence Globally On May 15, 2019.
The
African Union Commission, AUC, has formally unveiled the 2019 All
Africa Music Awards, tagged; 6TH AFRIMA,
calendar of events at the African Union
Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, May 13, 2019.
In a
press release signed by the Acting Director, Social Affairs Department, African Union Commission, Mr. Machacha
Shepande, the first activity on
the continental awards event calendar is submission of entries which open globally on www.afrima.org to African music
professionals either living on the continent or in the diaspora from
Wednesday, May 15 and closes on
Friday, August 2, 2019. Further details on entry submission guidelines are available on the AFRIMA website.
Her Excellency, Mrs Amira Elfadil (Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union) |
Other
activities on the event calendar are; the 13-man jury adjudication
process and nominees selection from August 6 to
August 12. A 'World Media Announcement
of 6TH AFRIMA Nominees' List' will take place on August 13 to publicly unveil African artistes and/or works that
have been nominated in the
regional and continental categories leading to winners of the AFRIMA
23.9 carat gold plated trophy.
Wizkid
(Winner AFRIMA Artiste of the Year 2017)
|
Stonebwoy
(5th AFRIMA Winner Best Artiste, Duo Or Group
in African Ragga, Reggae & Dancehall) |
According to the press statement, The Main Awards Ceremony, a four-day fiesta of music, glamour, Afrocentricism and entertainment, holds from November 6 to November 9 in the official awards Host City. It will be preceded by Welcome Soiree, AFRIMA Music Village, the Host City Tour, the Africa Music Business Summit, and the exclusive Nominees Party.
Other build up activities leading up to the main awards ceremony include conferences, stakeholders meetings, festivals, speaking engagements, University Campus Concert and courtesy visits to heads of governments and leaders of institutions in corporate and government sectors across the five regions of Africa to achieve an all-round engagement with all relevant AFRIMA stakeholders.
AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union, is a music property that recognises and rewards the work and talent of a myriad of African artistes from the old to the new generation of musicians. It also stimulates conversations among Africans and between Africa and the rest of the world about the potential of the creative arts for real humanizing enterprise on the continent, contributing significantly to social cohesion, national, regional and continental integration as well as sustainable development in Africa. The live awards show is broadcast to over eighty countries around the world.
The 2018 edition of AFRIMA awards ceremony was hosted by the Republic of Ghana, through the partnership of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and
Culture.
Fans of African music globally can follow along and take part in the
AFRIMA 2019 events on social media, live stream on the AFRIMA website, the AFRIMA App and by tuning to over 84 television stations which are AFRIMA partners.
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