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AFRIMA AWARDS 2017 WINNERS & NOMINEES

African Union Commission (AUC) & All Africa Music Award is proud to present the Nominees to the Biggest Afrima Awards 2017, Ekukole one of the members of Afrima from Cameroon said Afrima Awards 2017 Nominees are thoroughly vetted before picking up, He said the nominees were picked based on production quality, talent and creativity, melody, originality and authenticity, composition and arrangement. It has to do with the quality of music not on the number of views from any online video platform, some songs from certain regions have more than half a billion views and would have garnered the awards based on such sentiment, but it is not so. It has to do with quality.

Afrima Awards 2017 Nominees was listed in 33 Different Categories which comprises of the Regional Category which covers the five African regions (Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern & Central) and the genre-based Continental Category. The Nominees & Voters of Afrima Awards 2017 is listed below, Kindly vote for your best artists @ afrima.org.

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Best male artiste in Central Africa – Locko

Best female artiste in Central Africa – Montess

Best male artiste in Northern Africa – Shefi

Best female artiste in Northern Africa – Ibitssam Tiskat

Best male artiste in South Africa – Emtee

Best female artiste in South Africa – Thandiswa

Most influential African artiste – Neza

African fan favourite – The Dogg

Best African collaboration – Ali Beka

Best artiste in African jazz – Nduduzo Makhatini

Best artiste/group in African rock – Gilad Millo

Best in contemporary African RnB & soul – Eli Keba

Best Artiste in contemporary song – Wande Coal (Iskaba)

Best artiste in African raggae/dancehall – 2baba

Best artiste in African traditional – Halmelmal Abate

Best African hip-hop – Ycee

Best artiste in African pop – Tofaan

Best female artist in inspirational – Asike

Best male artiste in inspirational- Gilad

Video of the year – Orezi (Cooking Pot)

African legend award – Salif Keita and Oliver ‘Tutu’ Mtukudzi

Songwriter of the year – Simi

Best African group – Toofan

African discovery of the year – Shyfan

Producer of the year – DJ Cublon

Album of the year – Eddy Kenzo

Song of the year – Wizkid

Artiste of the year – Wizkid

AFRIMA AWARDS 2017 (WINNERS & NOMINEES) LIST.

• Best Male Artist Western Africa

• Best Female West Africa

• Best Male East Africa

• Best Female East Africa

• Best Male Central Africa

• Best Female Central Africa

• Best Male Southern Africa

• Best Female Nothern Africa

• Best Male North Africa

• Best Female Southern Africa

• Best African Group/Duo/Band

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Artist of The Year

• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

• BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION

• SONG OF THE YEAR