NIGERIAN music again showed its prominence
on the African continent as 10 Nigerian
artistes dominated the 15 slots open to West
Africa on the recently released nominations of
Africa Music Award (AFRIMA) which holds in
Lagos.
On the nominee list for Bes Female Artist in
Western Africa, Nigeria’ Aramide (I Don’t
Care), Niniola (Jete), Seyi Shay (Right Now),
Temi Dollface (Scool Your Face), Tiwa Savage
(If I Start To Talk) and Yemi Alade (Na Go De)
contend with Senegal’s Adiouza (Daddy) and
Ivory Coast’s Josey (Diplome) for the crown.
And in contention for the Best Male Artist in
Western Africa award are Nigeria’s Brymo (In
The City), Flavour (Dance), Tekno (Duro) and
Wizkid (Final (Baba Nla), Ghana’s Okyeame
Kwame (small Small) and Sarkodie (Hand To
Mouth) and Mali’s Sidikiba Diabate (Fais Moi
Confiance).
In other regions, Uganda dominated Eastern
Africa as seven of its artistes compete with
five other artistes from Tanzania, Kenya and
Ethiopia. In Central Africa, Cameroon led with
seven artistes leaving Angola, Republic of
Congo, DRC and Angola with six slots. In
North Africa, Morocco led the pack with eight
nominations while Egypt, Libya and Tunisia
shared the remaining five slots. In Southern
Africa, Republic of South Africa got nine
nominations leaving Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
and Namibia with four slots.
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