It was a phenomenal night for African
music, culture, entertainment, fashion and African music lovers
across the world as artistes rocked the stage of the Eko Hotel and
Suites in Lagos, to delight of live and broadcast audience.
In addition to the many scintillating
performances from the five regions of Africa as led by joint
rendition of Paul Simon's 'Diamond on the soles of her shoes' by
Cobhams and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, there were surprises and
emotions at this year's award ceremony.
But the high point of the award night
was the honour bestowed on the former Lagos State Governor, Senator
Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Africa Pillar of Arts and Culture and AFRIMA
legendary award to the Ladysmith Black Mambazo for still staying
strong after five decades.
Tinubu, who was dressed in flowing
while Agbada was in his best
element while receiving his award.
He
said, “It
is with very humble respect that I accept this honour on behalf
of my country. It’s a gift for all the talents in Africa, tonight
is a night of culture, a night of Africa. It is a night of talent, a
night that shows that we all belong to one single humanity. We had
the situation some years back where artistes were not rewarded, but
tonight, we are demonstrating to the rest of the world that culture,
talent and artistry are unifiers.”
``The unity of Africa is demonstrated
here tonight. This is a great opportunity and demonstration that the
young ones; the youth across Africa are our future and you can do
more to unite us with culture around the world. We can walk out of
poverty; we can defeat and break the shackles of ignorance and
disease by recognizing and promoting our talents. I believe you
believe in what I believe; you share my values for African
renaissance. It is not only the faces of shrinking ugly children
infested by famine that is the face of Africa. We’ve seen the faces
of talents here, if we work hard and forge together, we can bring
Africa back with pride, talent and culture,”he said.
The former Lagos State governor and
National leader of the ruling APC, said, he believed that Africa
would continue to be great and would take its pride of place across
the world with its talents and culture being promoted.
Here is the list of 2015 winners:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz
SONG OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz – “Nasema Nawe”, featuring Khadijo Kopa
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Dipanda – “Elle n’a pas vu”
BEST ARTIS IN AFRICA (RnB & Soul)
Praiz Adejo – Nigeria
BEST AFRICAN REGGAE, RAGGA & DANCEHALL
Stonebwoy – Ghana
BEST MALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Darey – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Betty Akna- Equatorial Guinea
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
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