The Government of the Republic of Ghana has accepted Official Host Country rights for the 5th All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA-Ghana 2018 with the awards programme of activities scheduled to hold between Wednesday, November 21 and Saturday, November 24 in Accra, Ghana in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Committee of…
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5th AFRIMA: AU unveils Ghana as host
… Thanks Lagos State Government of Nigeria for Partnering on Previous Editions …Events to be hosted On November 21-24, 2018. The African Union Commission, AUC has announced the Republic of Ghana as the Official Host Country for the 5th All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, following receipt of the Letter of Intent to Host AFRIMA dated…
BBC Africa Eye presents a look inside the world of Kenya’s ‘Killer Cop”
For the first time cameras enter the world of one of Kenya’s most controversial police officers, who became national news after mobile footage showed him gunning down two apparently unarmed men in broad daylight in 2017. BBC Africa Eye joins Corporal Ahmed Rashid as he seeks to rid the streets of gangsters and criminals in…
AFRIMA attends 5th AU pan-Cultural Congress
…AFRIMA’S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER,MIKE DADA ELECTED 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT OF PACC5 BUREAU President and Executive Producer of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, Mike Dada, was part of Art and Cultural experts invited to the 5th African Union Pan-African Cultural Congress (PACC5) held at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from September 5 to 7, 2018….
NDA donates children park to Kaduna Museum
The Nigerian Defence Academy has, in line with its drive towards meeting her Corporate Social Responsibility goals, donated a Children’s Play Park at the National Museums and Monuments, Kaduna. Commissioning the play park at the museum grounds, Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Major General A Oyebade, who was represented at the occasion by the…
Safiyya Jibril wins BBC Hausa’s women’s writing competition for 2018
“Ya Mace or ‘The Girl-Child’ by Safiyya Jibril has won this year’s BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest for Women. Safiyya is a 29 year-old secondary school teacher studying for her Master’s degree in Soil Science at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, northern Nigeria. The story highlights the ordeal of Halima, who going by family…
Full list of AMVCA Awards, with Tatu clearing four, the highest
The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, AMVCA, was held on Saturday, with Tatu, a film which featured Toyin Abraham, clearing four awards, the highest in the event. Hereunder is the full list of awards: Best Sound Editor Tatu – Kolade Morakinyo (Winner) Idahaso Trails – Stanlee Ohikhuare Alter Ego – Zezom Gnawni Ojukokoro –…
AFRIMA releases full list of 2018 nominees
,.. South Africa’s Shekhinah, DRC’s Maître Gims, emerge most nominated artistes for 5th AFRIMA …as Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, Ethiopia’s Betty G, Nigeria’s Simi and South Africa’s Nasty C join the AFRIMA Nominees top contenders … Public voting to commence Saturday, September 1 Democratic Republic of Congo-born international recording artiste and rapper, Maître Gims and South…
AFRIMA unveils award nominees list
The globally-anticipated Nominees List for the 5th All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has been unveiled by the African Union Commission, AUC, and the International Jury of AFRIMA, during a World Media announcement held on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The released nominees list covers the five Regional…
Barack Obama pays homage to Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin
Barack Obama on Thursday paid tribute to the late “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin, praising her “unmatched musicianship” that he said “helped define the American experience.” “Every time she sang, we were all graced with a glimpse of the divine,” the former US president said in a statement. “In her voice, we could feel our history, all…