All road leads to Lagos State, Nigeria as music lovers, cultural enthusiasts and African stars in Africa and Diaspora gear up towards the upcoming 6th edition of the All Africa Music Awards, the continent’s biggest music event, with the theme: “Feel Africa.”
It holds from November 20 to 23, 2019.
The awards show will feature four days of thrilling and innovative programme of activities set to cater to a wide range of audiences from entertainment to music business to tourism and destination marketing.
Kicking off the 6th AFRIMA events is the AFRIMA Welcome Soiree on November 20 at the poolside of Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos from 6pm; a reception in honour of arriving AFRIMA nominees and delegates, African Union officials, members of the International Committee of AFRIMA, international and local media as well as other invited guests.
As part of its Social Responsibility Initiative, AFRIMA will visit a primary school situated in Lagos State on November 21 to sustain the drive begun by the International Committee of AFRIMA in Gambia in 2015 to raise consciousness for the African child’s education and literacy on the continent.
AFRIMA will be donating educational materials and musical instruments to a selected public school in Lagos.
The visit also creates opportunities for motivational conversations between the pupils and the delegation consisting of various African music super stars, Nigerian Government officials, African Union officials, AFRIMA executives and many other invited guests.
Setting the stage for the entertainment value the awards brings with each edition is the AFRIMA Music Village with a change in venue to the Agege Stadium, Agege, Lagos, slated for November 21.
The AFRIMA Music Village is a 12-hour concert-style music festival which starts at 6pm with live performances from A-list and upcoming artistes, including AFRIMA nominees, as well as past AFRIMA winners.
This is will be opened to devoted music lovers and promises to be an evening of high euphoria and invigorating energy.
This year, the African Union and International Committee of AFRIMA have decided to take the music village to the community where the people reside.
For gate entry to the music concert, get a branded AFRIMA T-shirt at just N2,000 ($5.5) on the AFRIMA website: www.afrima.org, or at the concert venue.
Event will be broadcast live on DSTV channel 198, GOTV channel 29, Africa Independent Television, Raypower FM Network, Kennis FM, Silverbird Television, HIP TV, amongst over 84 stations across the world.
Following on November 22 at the Grand Ballroom, Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos is the Africa Music Business Summit, an annual summit of networking and interaction among music professionals, music executives, government officials and other stakeholders in the music, media and financial sectors of Africa.
It sets an atmosphere for discussions on the potentials present in the African music industry and ways to harness its socio-economic gains.
Attendance registration for AMBS is now open on the AFRIMA website: www.afrima.org
Later in the evening of Friday, the 6th AFRIMA Nominees party will hold.
Tagged: “Fire and Ice,” the exclusive party for this year’s nominees has a few surprises in store for the guests and it promises to be a night of extreme fun and social interactions.
November 23 ushers in the main awards event at Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, which commences at 4pm with the live Red Carpet where African music stars and other invited guests display their glamour and impeccable African fashion sense for the audience watching around the world while being interviewed by the 6th AFRIMA celebrity red carpet hosts.
The live broadcast main awards ceremony following at 7:30pm is conceptualised to celebrate African creativity and culture in all its splendour as well as reward African artistes who emerge winners in the 36 AFRIMA continental and regional categories ranging from the classic, contemporary to traditional genres of music.
The awards ceremony programme will also specially recognise and honour African music veterans with the 2019 AFRIMA Legend Award.
Sharing her excitement, Associate Producer, AFRIMA, Adenrele Niyi, said: “We are excited about this year’s AFRIMA events as these are interesting times for African music and creatives. The entire music world is looking forward to November 20 to 23 in Lagos, Nigeria. I especially look forward to the Music Summit, where every attendee gets to part with some new knowledge of the African Music Industry. And we still reminisce on the high energy from the last Music Village experience in Ghana, with over 60,000 people packed in the Independence Square, Accra, the largest arena in Ghana. Lagos will surely leave us spellbound.”
Also expressing huge expectations for the 2019 events, International Advisor to AFRIMA, Rikki Stein said: “AFRIMA has never disappointed my expectations, and I know that this year will reflect even more Africanness, as the theme for 2019 goes ‘Feel Africa’ the unique and beautiful essence of African music and culture will be portrayed to its fullest during the events.”
The British music executive has explored many parts of the African continent in his over 50 years career in the music industry.
“Culture is a living, breathing ever-evolving entity. I’m amongst those who consider that Africa has a tremendous contribution to make in the world. Nowhere is this clearer than through its cultural manifestations, evidenced by the burgeoning global interest in its art, fashion, literature and, particularly, music,” he added.
The premium 6th AFRIMA events will be star-studded with attendance from award-winning recording artistes, African celebrities, music professionals, creative/cultural industry experts, media practitioners and public officials amongst others.
The events will be broadcast live on DSTV channel 198, GOTV channel 29, Africa Independent Television, Raypower FM Network, Kennis FM, Silverbird Television and HIP TV, amongst over 84 stations across the world.
Fans of African music globally can also catch the frenzy via the AFRIMA social media handles, live stream on the AFRIMA website, and the AFRIMA App.
Tickets to the events can be purchased on the AFRIMA website: www.afrima.org.
In partnership with the African Union Commission, AFRIMA is committed to the stimulation of conversations among Africans and between Africa and the rest of the world about the potentials of the cultural and creative economy for real enterprise on the continent, contributing significantly to social cohesion and continental integration as well as sustainable economic growth and development in Africa by lending its voice to promotion of education and campaign against extreme poverty and preventable diseases.
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