All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, a celebratory event for African singers is building its fact table yearly. We want to be able to look back in a few years and find a record of things that make us proud of the black continent. We have collected a few facts here which we thought might be of interest to you.
The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has two divisions namely the Continental and Regional divisions.
Under the Continental Division, they have categories that reward African hip hop, electro and inspirational artists as well as every other music genre.
African artistes within their specific region of origin all fall under the Regional Division.
The AFRIMA Legends Awards
The past winners of the Legends Award category of AFRIMA are our all-time best category. Its creation favours African music icons who receive honours for their special lifetime achievements through the category. It is not open to the public to vote. The African Union, International Committee of AFRIMA and the AFRIMA Jury jointly determine the winner.
AFRIMA Timeline
2014 – AFRIMA Pioneer Award
- Davido and Mafikizolo had the highest nominations of six each
- 2025 submissions were made.
- The Legend Award went to Fela of Nigeria.
2015 – The Legend award went to Lady Smith Black Mambazo of South Africa.
2016 – Manu Dibango of Cameroon won the AFRIMA Legends Awards.
2017 – Two African music legends received the award for that Oliver Mutikudzi of Zimbabwe and Salif Keita of Mali.
2018
- The Republic of Ghana received the hosting rights of the All Africa Music Awards for four consecutive years. The hosting rights will last from December 2018 to 2021.
- 2018 also saw the addition of four new categories to the existing ones. They are Best African Dance/Choreography, African Lyricist/Rapper of the Year, Best African Act in Diaspora (Female & Male) and African DJ of the Year.
2019 – Awilo Logomba was the recipient of the year’s Legend Award
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