As part of the build up events to the premium event in November,
the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, will be holding a concert to communicate
the vision and ideals of AFRIMA to the vibrant youth generation in Nigeria, the
host country, on October 15, 2014 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the University of
Lagos tagged 'Road to AFRIMA' on campus and launching of
Vote-Not-Fight-Campaign.
The concert will feature some of
the host country’s best artistes and AFRIMA Awards’ nominees such as, 2face
Idibia, Skales, Naeto C, Jaywon, Niyola, Zeez, Dammy Krane, Queen Moda, Efa,
Saeon, Joel, Eedris Abdulkareem, Seriki, Tony One Week and many others as the
event will be anchored by a foremost Compere and Comedian in Africa, Gbenga
Adeyinka the 1st, an alumnus of the University of Lagos. The
International Committee of AFRIMA deemed it fit to give music fans in the
country a tip of the iceberg on what to be expected at the award ceremony
November 9.
The headline act of the concert is
the Nigeria’s celebrated afro-pop singer Tuface Idibia who is superbly excited
to be in the music train and associated with the objectives of AFRIMA of
pursuing an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa through the
instrumentality of music. The Vote-not-fight-campaign shares the same vision of
eradicating negative reports about the continent and promoting Africa through
music.
The Executive Producer, AFRIMA, Mr.
Mike Dada ‘’thanked the artistes who have shown passion and commitment in
supporting AFRIMA events with their talents and professional services for the
benefits of the image and perception of Africa. Surely, Africa will rise’’, he
concluded.
The voting continues in the 32
categories of the award till 4th Novemeber,
2014. The main award ceremony comes up on Sunday, November 9 in Lagos, Nigeria.
It will be preceded by the AFRIMA Music Village between November 4 and 7; a
four day festival of non-stop music and exhibition from African countries and
performances by African artistes. It will be followed by African Music Summit,
November 6-7, with the theme “Reviving the Business of Music in Africa".
The two-day conference will be a platform for the music industry stakeholders
to engage and deliberate on how the industry can be nurtured and be a major
contributor to national and continental economies.
For more information and voting,
log on to our website, www.afrima.org, like our facebook page www.facebook.com/afrima2014 and follow us on twitter and
instagram @afrimawards.