It was a phenomenal night for all music lovers across Africa as the International Committee of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with African Union Commission, AUC, held the 2015 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Some of this year’s big winners who received the 23.9 karat gold-plated trophy are Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, who won two categories, and South Africa’s rap god Casper Nyovest, who copped the award for the Best Male in South Africa and also the Best Artist in African hip-hop.
Nigerian politician and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu was honored as the Pillar of African Culture.
Here is the list of last night’s winners:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz
Diamond Platnumz (Twitter)
SONG OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz – “Nasema Nawe”, featuring Khadijo Kopa
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Dipanda – “Elle n’a pas vu”
BEST ARTIS IN AFRICA (RnB & Soul)
Praiz Adejo – Nigeria
Praiz Adejo (Instagram)
BEST AFRICAN REGGAE, RAGGA & DANCEHALL
Stonebwoy – Ghana
BEST MALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Darey – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Betty Akna- Equatorial Guinea
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Wiyaala – Ghana
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN POP
Vanessa Mdee – Tanzania
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN HIP HOP
Casper Nyovest – South Africa
Casper Nyovest (Twitter)
BEST ARTIS IN AFRICAN ELECTRO
Flavour – Nigeria
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Sauti Sol and Cedric Kadenyi – Kenya
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA
Joseph Chameleone – Uganda
REVELATION OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA
Adekunle Gold – Nigeria
Adekunle Gold and Kiss Daniel (Instagram)
MOST PROMISING ARTIST IN AFRICA
Kiss Daniel – Nigeria
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY
Charlotte Dipanda
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN JAZZ
Kunle Ayo – Nigeria
BEST MALE ARTIST IN WESTERN AFRICA
Olamide – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN WESTERN AFRICA
Yemi Alade – Nigeria
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN ROCK
M’vula – Kenya
Sauti Sol (Instagram)
BEST AFRICAN GROUP
Sauti Sol- Kenya
BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION
AKA(South Africa) and Burna Boy(Nigeria)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Busiswa Ngoku- South Africa
BEST MALE ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Casper Nyovest- South Africa
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Manal- Morocco
BEST MALE ARTIST IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Ahmed Soultan- Morocco
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN EASTERN AFRICA
Tsedenia Gebremarkos- Ethiopia
BEST MALE ARTIST IN EASTERN AFRICA
Diamond Platnumz- Tanzania
PILLAR OF CULTURE IN AFRICA
Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Jagaban)
Source: Twitter/Instagram/AFRIMA
