Nominees have been announced for the 2022 edition of the All Africa Music Awards, (AFRIMA) and several African artiste got nominated.
This year, more artiste from the Western African region were nominated with 134 in total, the Eastern African region follows with 69 nominations, the Southern African region with 68 nominations, Central Africa, 52 nominations, and the Northern African region with 49 nominations.
Popular South African superstar, Costa Titch, leads the list this year with six nominations for his 2021 hit song, “Big Flexa,” in “Song of the Year,” “Breakout Artiste of the Year,” “Best African Collaboration,” “Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African Electro,” and “Best Artiste, Duo or Group in Use of African Dance/Choreography” categories.
Nigeria’s Grammy winner, Burna Boy, Fireboy DML, Kizz Daniel, and Tiwa Savage all got nominations including in the ‘Artiste of the Year’ category.
According to Angela Martins, Head of Culture, African Union Commission on the Jury,
“The nominees list comprising 29 continental award categories and 10 regional award categories released for public voting on www.afrima.org. The remaining category for the “Legend Award” will be announced at the awards. Also, we brought back the “Best Soundtrack in a Movie, Series or Documentary” category, this year, due to the availability of quality entries for this year’s edition. Recall that we had to suspend it, last year, due to a shortage of quality entries.“Overall, we are very proud and confident in our work, and we would continue to intensify our efforts to ensure AFRIMA remains the ultimate recognition of African music globally in line with its vision.”
The awards event will include a 4-day fiesta aimed at celebrating Africa, recognizing talents and expanding the economic frontiers of the culture and creative industry on the continent. The event will commence with the welcome soiree, followed by the AFRIMA Music Village, the host city tour, Africa Music Business Summit, and the exclusive nominees’ party and concluded with the live awards ceremony broadcast to over 84 countries around the world.
The 2022 Music Awards will hold from December 8 to 11, 2022. A special announcement will be made on the host country and location for the awards, on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
Public voting for this year’s edition would start on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at 12:00 pm CAT. Voting closes at 12.00 (CAT), December 10, 2022, before the AFRIMA main awards ceremony.
Visit the official website www.afrima.org to vote.
Here’s the list of nominees:
