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.

AFRIMA

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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)

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

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)

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

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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)

Sauti Sol (Instagram)

BEST AFRICAN GROUP
Sauti Sol- Kenya

BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION
AKA(South Africa) and Burna Boy(Nigeria)

AKA

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