AU, AFRIMA Jury Unveil AFRIMA 2017 Nominees List
…Public voting to commence on August 21
African Union Commission (AUC) and the 13-man jury of
the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) had unveiled the nominees list for the
2017 edition of AFRIMA, the continent’s biggest music awards on August 8, 2017,
in Ikeja, Lagos State
The highly anticipated nominees list for the 2017
AFRIMA Awards which has the biggest acts on the continent was announced in the
presence of officials of the AUC, members of the AFRIMA jury comprising of
Charles Tabu (DRC), Robert E. Ekukole (Cameroun). Christian Syren (South Africa), David
Tayorault (Cote de Voire), Olisa Adibua (Nigeria), Joett Namatta (Tanzania),
Tabu Osusa (Kenya), Hadja Kobélé Keita (Guinea) and Omar Es Saidi (Morocco),
members of the international committee of AFRIMA, past AFRIMA winners and
nominees, media executives and other stakeholders in the creative and
entertainment industries in Africa.
According to Cyren, the juror from Southern Africa,
4,816 entries from African music professionals and music artistes were received
at the close of a two-month entry submission window on July 17.
He described the nominations process as rigorous
and thorough, as he emphasised on the jury’s resolve to be fair and transparent
in line with the AFRIMA values of fairness, authenticity, creativity, excellence,
integrity, transparency (FACEIT).
Charles Tabu, AFRIMA’s juror from Democratic
Republic of Congo, harped on the need for music lovers in Africa to explore
different genre of music from all regions on the continent.
Commenting on a question of the criteria of
nominees, Ekukole from Cameroon, representing Central Africa, reiterated that “the
nominees were picked based on production quality, talent and creativity,
melody, originality and authenticity, composition and arrangement. It has to do
with the quality of music not on the number of views from any online video
platform, some songs from certain regions have more than half a billion views
and would have garnered the awards based on such sentiment, but it is not so.
It has to do with quality.”
Head of Culture Division, AUC, Ms. Angela Martins, noted
that the adjudication process was a comprehensive and superb work of the
jurors.
She also observed the great improvement of the
submissions this year, as it is more impressive than previous years.
“This
robust submission this year clearly shows the appreciation and recognition of
the music awards,” as she noted that the AUC is geared towards investing in the
youths by involving them in the African Union 2063 Agenda, which intends to
make the youths evolve a desire and expertise in the needed developmental
facets of Africa in all areas. Ms. Martins also 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.
The best female artistes and best male artistes of
the five regions have been released while the nominees in the continental
categories will be announced on August 11,2017.
Public voting for the nominees in the different
categories of the awards will open on August 21 on www.afrima.org.
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