Winners have emerged from the ninth All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), which is occurring in Lagos.
A number of celebrities and followers from throughout the continent and past graced the occasion.
Here’s a checklist of the winners on the AFRIMA awards:
BEST AFRICAN DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Greatest African Dance/Choreography
Jaylann – “Ha Wlidi” (Morocco)
Girl Ponce – “Je veux danser” (Cameroon)
Rebo – “Mobambo” (DRC)
Serge Beynaud – “Taper Dedans” (Côte d’Ivoire)
Toofan – “Deodorant” (Togo)
Tyla – “Push 2 Begin” (South Africa)
Uncle Waffles & Royal Musiq – “Zenzele” (Eswatini)
*Weeha – “Dimama” (Ethiopia) – WINNER*
Werrason – “Tout se paie ici bas” (DRC)
Wizkid – “Kese” (Nigeria)
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BEST AFRICAN VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Insurgent” – Black Sherif (Ghana)
“Meta” – Nomcebo Zikode & Sofiya Nzau (South Africa)
“Ki Lo Wa Wa” – Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
“Timpi Tampa” – Ismaël Lo (Senegal)
“Tori Ife” – Tolu Obanro (Nigeria)
“Ova” – Mbosso (Tanzania)
“Ololufe” – Juma Jux & Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
“Shaolin” – Seyi Vibez (Nigeria)
“Stk Stk” – Dizzy Dros, Kekra & Norfafrica (Morocco)
*Greatest Soundtrack in Film, Sequence, or Documentary*
Igho’le Lure Combine Model (“To Kill a Monkey”: Sequence) – Oscar Heman-Ackah (Ghana)
El Ma2as (“The Begin”: Movie) – Tamer Hosny, Reda Elbahrawy (Egypt)
*You Are (“Iyanu”: The Animated Sequence) – Yemi Alade (Nigeria) — WINNER*
Timpi Tampa (“Timpi Tampa”: The Movie) – Ismaël Lo (Senegal)
Tori Ife (“Seven Doorways”: Sequence) – Tolu Obanro (Nigeria)
Saatte Ragouj (“The Final of the Mohicans” Movie) – Kafon (Tunisia)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Emel, Jehanny Beth & Camille Berthomier – “Fall within the Gentle” (Tunisia)
Emma’a – “Trop d’amour” (Gabon)
Emmanuel Ayobami Alli-Hakeem – “Za” (Anendlessocean) (Nigeria)
Ferre Gola – “Amour Illusoire” (DRC)
*Bakhaw Dioum – “Choix” (Mia Guissé ft. Wally B. Seck) (Senegal) — WINNER*
Mohammed Ismail Sharrif – “Insurgent Music” (Black Sherif) (Ghana)
Mugisha Fred Robinson – “Tombé” (Factor Eleéh) (Rwanda)
Olamide Adedeji – “Hassibunallah” (Olamide) (Nigeria)
Prince Omoferi & Nwamu Francis Chukwudubem – “It Hurts” (Johnny Drille & Don Jazzy) (Nigeria)
Victor Ngatuvese Kaune – “Oputuri ‘Queens’” (One Blood Namibia) (Namibia)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Emel, Jehanny Beth & Camille Berthomier – “Fall within the Gentle” (Tunisia)
Emma’a – “Trop d’amour” (Gabon)
Emmanuel Ayobami Alli-Hakeem – “Za” (Anendlessocean) (Nigeria)
Ferre Gola – “Amour Illusoire” (DRC)
*Bakhaw Dioum – “Choix” (Mia Guissé ft. Wally B. Seck) (Senegal) — WINNER*
Mohammed Ismail Sharrif – “Insurgent Music” (Black Sherif) (Ghana)
Mugisha Fred Robinson – “Tombé” (Factor Eleéh) (Rwanda)
Olamide Adedeji – “Hassibunallah” (Olamide) (Nigeria)
Prince Omoferi & Nwamu Francis Chukwudubem – “It Hurts” (Johnny Drille & Don Jazzy) (Nigeria)
Victor Ngatuvese Kaune – “Oputuri ‘Queens’” (One Blood Namibia) (Namibia)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Emel, Jehanny Beth & Camille Berthomier – “Fall within the Gentle” (Tunisia)
Emma’a – “Trop d’amour” (Gabon)
Emmanuel Ayobami Alli-Hakeem – “Za” (Anendlessocean) (Nigeria)
Ferre Gola – “Amour Illusoire” (DRC)
*Bakhaw Dioum – “Choix” (Mia Guissé ft. Wally B. Seck) (Senegal) — WINNER*
Mohammed Ismail Sharrif – “Insurgent Music” (Black Sherif) (Ghana)
Mugisha Fred Robinson – “Tombé” (Factor Eleéh) (Rwanda)
Olamide Adedeji – “Hassibunallah” (Olamide) (Nigeria)
Prince Omoferi & Nwamu Francis Chukwudubem – “It Hurts” (Johnny Drille & Don Jazzy) (Nigeria)
Victor Ngatuvese Kaune – “Oputuri ‘Queens’” (One Blood Namibia) (Namibia)
Greatest Feminine Artiste in Jap Africa
Abigail Chams (Tanzania)
Bridget Blue (Kenya)
Denise (Madagascar) — WINNER
Haleluya Tekletsadik (Ethiopia)
Girl Jaydee (Tanzania)
Mahlet Wendimu (Ethiopia)
Salemia (Ethiopia)
Weeha (Ethiopia)
Winnie Nwagi (Uganda)
Zuchu (Tanzania)
BEST MALE ARTISTE EASTERN AFRICAN
Bien (Kenya)
Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Factor Eleéh (Rwanda)
Joshua Baraka (Uganda)
*Jux (Tanzania) — WINNER*
Marioo (Tanzania)
Mbosso (Tanzania)
Bruce Melodie (Rwanda)
Sat-B (Burundi)
Yared Negu (Ethiopia)
*BEST FEMALE ARTISTE CENTRAL AFRICA*
Anna Joyce (Angola)
Blanche Bailly (Cameroon)
Charlotte Dipanda (Cameroon)
*Cindy Le Coeur (DRC) — WINNER*
Deborah Lukalu (DRC)
Emma’a (Gabon)
Jessy B (The Congo)
Krys M (Cameroon)
Liriany (Angola)
Rebo (DRC)
*LIFETIME AWARDS HONOREES*
Music government and brothers
Kenny Ogungbe
Dayo Dee 1 Adeneye
