AU, AFRIMA Jury Unveil AFRIMA 2017 Nominees List

From Top L-R AFRIMA Juror, Central Africa region,Charles Tabu, Head, Culture Division,the African Union Commission,Ms. Angela Martins,President/Executive Producer, All Africa Music Awards,(AFRIMA), Mr Mike Dada, AFRIMA juror,Africa-In-Diaspora, Hadja Kobele, AFRIMA Juror,East Africa, Mr Joett Tony Namata, AFRIMA Juror,West Africa,David Tayorault,AFRIMA Juror,Northern Africa, Omar El Saidi,AFRIMA juror ,West Africa, Olisa Adibua, AFRIMA juror,Central Africa,Mr.Rob Ekukole,AFRIMA juror,Southern Africa,Chris Syren, at the 2017 All Africa Music Awards,AFRIMA was held at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja,Lagos, Nigeria... recently

By: HighCelebritySquard

…Public voting to commence on August 21 African Union Commission and the 13-man Jury of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, have unveiled the Nominees List for the 2017 edition of AFRIMA, the continent’s biggest music awards on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja in Lagos, Nigeria. The highly anticipated Nominees List for the 2017 AFRIMA Awards which has the biggest acts on the continent was announced in the presence of officials of the African Union Commission, members of the AFRIMA Jury comprising of Charles Tabu (DRC), Robert E. Ekukole (Cameroun). Christian Syren (South Africa), David Tayorault (cote de voire), Olisa Adibua (Nigeria), Joett Namatta (Tanzania), Tabu Osusa (kenya) Hadja Kobélé Keita (Guinea) and Omar Es Saidi (morocco) , members of the International Committee of AFRIMA, past AFRIMA winners and nominees, media executives and other stakeholders in the creative and entertainment industries in Africa. L-R: President/Executive Producer, All Africa Music Award (AFRIMA), Mr. Mike Dada; AFRIMA Juror, Southern Africa region, Mr. Chris Syren; AFRIMA Juror, Africa-in-Diaspora,America, Hadaja Kobele, AFRIMA juror,Central Africa Region, Rob Ekukole, during a world media conference, at the Unveiling of the 2017 All Africa Music Awards,AFRIMA Nominees list held at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja,Lagos, Nigeria. Charles Tabu, AFRIMA’s juror from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), harped on the need for music lovers in Africa to explore different genre of music from all regions on the continent. Commenting on a question of the criteria of nominees, Mr Bob Ekukole from Cameroon representing Central Africa reiterated that ‘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.