AFRIMA releases full nominees list for 2016 Awards The 2016 AFRIMA Awards holds on Sunday, November 6 with over 6,000 guests expected: Henry jex blog will be there.

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The 2016 AFRIMA Awards holds on Sunday,
November 6 with over 6,000 guests expected in
Lagos, Nigeria for the various events.
The African Union Commission, AUC, and the 13-
man Jury of the All Africa Music Awards,
AFRIMA, have released the highly anticipated
2016 Nominees List for the Continental
Categories of Africa’s leading awards project.
The 2016 AFRIMA Continental Nominees List
was officially released to the public on
Wednesday, September 7.
This comes two weeks after the Nominees list
for the Regional Categories of the awards were
unveiled on Monday, August 22 at a Press
Conference in Lagos.
The 22 continental nomination categories include
different music genres, as well as coveted
categories of “Artiste of the Year in Africa”, “Best
Video in Africa”, “Best Producer in Africa”, “Best
Songwriter in Africa” and “Revelation of the Year
in Africa”.
This year also saw the introduction of an
innovative category by the International Jury of
AFRIMA titled “African Fans Favourite”, to
recognise African artistes who create
chartbusting, anthemic songs that propel the
artistes to great popularity within and outside
their respective countries and regions.
Public voting for the nominees in the different
categories of the awards opens on Monday,
September 12 and ends Saturday, November 5.
The 2016 AFRIMA Awards holds on Sunday,
November 6 with over 6,000 guests expected in
Lagos, Nigeria.
See the Full List below…
AFRIMA 3.0 Continental Categories
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Best African
Collaboration
Artiste Country Track
Ahmed Soultan Ft.
Femi Kuti, Fred
Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis,
Mehdi Nassouli
Morocco Afrobian
Amine Aub & Masta
Flow
Morocco Feel the
Same
Amine Aub Ft Papa
Wemba and DJ Youcef
Morocco Kanya
Ma Kan
Eddy Kenzo Ft. Niniola Uganda Mbilo
Mbilo
remix
Flavour Ft Selebobo Nigeria Mmege
Mmege
Francois Van Coke Ft.
Arno Carstens
South
Africa
Ek Weet
Nie
Okyeame Kwame Ft
Mzvee
Ghana Small
Small
Sarkodie ft Pat
Thomas
Ghana Bra
Tiwa Savage Ft Dr.
Sid
Nigeria If I Start
to Talk
Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African Electro
Artiste Country Track
Black Coffee South Africa Come with
me
DJ
Maphorisa
South Africa Soweto
Baby
Djeff
Afrozila
Angola So Blessed
Hatim
Ammor
Morocco Alawal
Mi Casa South Africa Barman
Renato
Xtrova
Angola Love Affair
Such Zimbabwe You
Best African Jazz
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Artiste Country Track
Bokani Dyer South Africa Vuvu zela
Carmen
Souza
Cabo Verde Cape
Verdean
blues
Jimmy
Dludlu
South Africa Ha Deva
Kunle Ayo Nigeria Happy to
Know You
Moreira
Chonguica Mozambique Ngoma
Oum Morocco Ah Wah
Ray Lema
Quintet
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Head bug
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Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African Reggae, Ragga
& Dancehall
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Artiste Country Track
Agende Uganda Ziza Bafana
Anteneh
Minalu
Ethiopia � Wayo
Cindy Sanyu Uganda Still Standing
Dufla Diligon
ft Cindy
Sanyu
Kenya Tempo
Montess Cameroon In Love With
A Gun
Patoranking Nigeria No Kissing
Stonebwoy Ghana Go Higher
T-Smallz Gambia Guewel
Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African Hip-Hop
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Artist Country Track
AKA South Africa Composure
CiCi Bala Botswana Lebanta
E.L Ghana King Without a
Crown
H-Name Morocco Wach Rak
Nachet?
Jizzle Gambia Man of the
Year
Jovi Cameroon Zélé
Sarkodie Ghana Hand to Mouth
Stanley
Enow
Cameroon Work Hard
YCEE Nigeria Omo Alhaji
Zona 5 Angola Pablo
Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African RnB & Soul
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Artiste Country Track
Aramide Nigeria I Don’t Care
Butera
Knowless Rwanda Konashize
Henok &
Mehari
Brothers
Ethiopia Ewèdi Shalèhu
Iyanya Nigeria Type of Woman
Kiss Daniel Nigeria Mama
Korede Bello Ft
Tiwa Savage
Nigeria Romantic
Lira South
Africa
Let There Be
Light
Niniola Nigeria J’ètè
Ric Hassani Nigeria Gentlemen
Sidikiba
Diabaté
Mali Fais Moi
Confiance
Tjan Nigeria Aduke
Zonke South
Africa
Reach It
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Songwriter of the Year In Africa
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Songwriter Country Track & (Artist)
Bulelwa
Mkutukana
South
Africa
Imali (Zahara)
Eddy Kenzo
& Niniola
Uganda Mbilo Mbilo
(Eddy Kenzo &
Niniola)
Hatim
Ammor
Morocco Alawal (Hatim
Ammor)
Kwame
Nsiah Apau
Ghana Small Small
(Kwame
Okyeame Ft
Mzvee)
Lerato
Molapo
South
Africa
Let There Be
Light (Lira)
Naseeb
Abdul Juma
Tanzania Utanipenda
(Diamond
Platnumz)
Olawale
Ashimi
Nigeria In the City
(Brymo)
Sidikiba
Diabaté
Mali Fais Moi
Confiance
(Sidikiba
Diabate)
Theo
Kgosinkwe
and
Nhlanhla
Nciza
South
Africa Colours of Africa
(Mafikizolo,
Diamond, DJ
Maphorisa)
Unique Uganda Njogereza
(Navio)
Producer of the Year
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Producer Track
(Artiste)
Country
DJ Coublon Duro (Tekno) Nigeria
DJ Maphorisa Soweto Baby
(DJ
Maphorisa Ft
Wizkid & DJ
Buckz)
South Africa
DJ Van #Woman (DJ
Van &
Tyrane)
Morocco
Don Jazzy If I Start To
Talk (Tiwa
Savage)
Nigeria
Fortune Dane Hand To
Mouth
(Sarkodie)
Ghana
Kuseim Mbilo Mbilo
remix (Eddy
Kenzo Ft
Niniola)
Uganda
Masterkraft Finally
(Masterkraft
Ft Flavour &
Sarkodie)
Nigeria
Sidikiba
Diabaté
Fais Moi
Confiance
(Sidikiba
Diabaté)
Mali
Young John Baba Nla
(Wizkid)
Nigeria
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Revelation of the Year
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Artiste Country Track
Amine Aminux Morocco Makayen Ma
E.L Ghana King Without
a Crown
Emtee South Africa Roll Up
Falz Nigeria Bad Baddo
Baddest
Simi Nigeria Love Don’t
Care
Yamato Band Tanzania Cheza Kwa
Madoido
Zani Challe ft.
Patoranking
Malawi Single
Tonight
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Song of the Year In Africa
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Track Artist Country
Alawal Hatim Ammor Morocco
Duro Tekno Nigeria
Fais Moi
Confiance
Sidikiba
Diabaté
Mali
Final (Baba
Nla)
Wizkid Nigeria
If I Start to
Talk
Tiwa Savage Nigeria
Imali Zahara South Africa
Mbilo Mbilo
remix
Eddy Kenzo Uganda
Njogereza Navio Uganda
Small Small Okyeame
Kwame Ft
Mzvee
Ghana
Soweto
Baby
DJ Maphorisa
Ft Wizkid & DJ
Buckz
South Africa
Utanipenda Diamond
Platnumz
Tanzania
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Album of the Year
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Artiste Country Track Album
Ahmed
Soultan
Morocco Afrobian Music Has
No
Boundaries
C4
Pedro
Cameroon Spectxa
One
King
C.K.W.A
Mi
Casa
South
Africa
Barman Home
Sweet
Home
Sauti
Sol
Kenya Live and
Die in
Afrika
Live and
Die in
Afrika
Sidikiba
Diabaté Mali Fais Moi
Confiance Diabateba
Music Vol.
1
Tiwa
Savage
Nigeria If I Start
To talk
R.E.D
(Deluxe
Edition)
Yemi
Alade
Nigeria Na Gode Mama
Africa
(Diary of
An African
Woman)
Zahara South
Africa
Imali Country
Girl
Zonke South
Africa
Reach it Work of
Heart
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Artiste of the Year
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Artiste Country Track
Black
Coffee
South Africa Come With Me
Diamond
Platnumz
Tanzania Utanipenda
Eddy Kenzo Uganda Mbilombilo
Remix
Hatim
Ammor Morocco Alawal
Navio Uganda Njogereza
Sarkodie Ghana Hand To Mouth
Sidikiba
Diabaté
Mali Fais Moi
Confiance
Tekno Nigeria Duro
Tiwa
Savage
Nigeria If I Start To
Talk
Wizkid Nigeria Final (Baba Nla)
Zahara South Africa Imali
Video of the Year
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Video Director Artiste Country
Come
With Me
Stacey Lee Black
Coffee
Ft Mque
South
Africa
Dogo Yaro Pascal Aka VVIP Ft
Samini
Ghana
Ek Weet
Nie Hunter
Kennedy Francois
Van
Coke Ft
Arno
Carstens
South
Africa
Gentleman Mex Ric
Hassani Nigeria
King
Without a
Crown
Phamousphilms E.L. Ghana
Mbilo
Mbilo
remix
Mex Eddy
Kenzo Ft
Niniola
Uganda
Mmege
Mmege
Clarence Peters Flavour
Ft
Selebobo
Nigeria
School
Your Face
Damola Adelaja Temi
Dollface
Nigeria
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Most Promising Artiste
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Artiste Country Track
Amine Aub Morocco Feel the Same
Antenehminalu Ethiopia Wayo
Bisa Kdei Ghana Mansa
Butera
Knowless
Rwanda Konashize
Elzo Jamdong Senegal Assiko Flow
Nuru Ghana All in a Moment
Ric Hassani Nigeria Gentlemen
Sat B Burundi Nyampinga
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Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African Pop
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Artiste Country Track
Amine
Aminux
Morocco Makayen Ma
Amine Aub Morocco Feel the same
Diamond
Platnumz
Tanzania Utanipenda
Jose
Chameleone
Uganda Agatako
Tekno Nigeria Duro
Wizkid Nigeria Final (Baba Nla)
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Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African Rock
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Artiste Country Track
Amine Aub &
Masta Flow
Morocco Kanya Ma
Kan
Dark Suburb,
Featuring
Wiyaala
Ghana Mama
Francois Van
Coke, Ft Arno
Carstens
South
Africa
Ek Weet Nie
Jano Band Ethiopia Darigne
Kanyeki Kenya Murata
Lionel Loueke
Trio
Benin Wacko Loco
Loki Rothman South
Africa
Under the
Stars
M’ Vula Angola Tristezas E
Alegrias
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Best African Group
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Artiste Country Track
Jano Band Ethiopia Darigne
M’ Vula Angola Tristezas E
Alegrias
Mafikizolo South
Africa
Colours of Africa
Mi Casa South
Africa
Barman
Sauti Sol Kenya Live and Die In
Afrika
Toofan Togo Eledji
VVIP Ghana Dogo Yaro
X-Maleya Cameroon Mon Mariage
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Best Artiste/Duo/Group In African Traditional
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Artiste Country Track
Alokè Benin Gbétoho
Binakoumaré &
Madou Diabate
Mali N’djaba
Bioma Nigeria Ovedje
Ayonuwe
Dizu Plaatjies South
Africa
Inkomo
Mabiisi Ghana &
Burkina
Faso
Awine
Stypak Samo Cameroon Woyo hoooo
Zeynab Benin Bolojo
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Best Artiste/Duo/Group/Band In African
Contemporary
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Artiste Country Track
Adiouza Senegal Daddy
Ahmed
Soultan
Morocco Afrobian
Eddy
Kenzo
Uganda Mbilo Mbilo
Remix
Flavour Nigeria Mmege Mmege
Okyeame
Kwame Ft
Mzvee
Ghana Small Small
Reniss Cameroon La Sauce
Tiwa
Savage Nigeria If I Start To
Talk
Zahara South Africa Imali
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Best Female Artiste in Inspirational
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Artiste Country Track
Evelyn
Wanjiru
Kenya Nikufahamu
Mercy
Masika
Kenya Nikupendeze
Naomi
Achu
Cameroon Busy Body
Oum Morocco Ah Wah
Sinach Nigeria Way Maker
Yemi
Alade
Nigeria Na Go De
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Best Male Artiste in African Inspirational
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Artiste Country Track
Benjamin
Dube
South Africa I Know Only
You
Denno Ft
Bahati
Kenya Story Yangu
Icha Kavons Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Testimony
Kanyekiz Kenya Murata
Mike Abdul Nigeria Korede
Papa Dennis
& Rigan
Sarkozi
Kenya Olalo
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African Fans Favourite
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Artiste Country Track
D’Banj Nigeria Emergency
DJ Hamida
Ft H
Magnum
Morocco Pina Colada
H Magnum
Ft Black M
Cote d’Ivoire Aucun Mytho
Kiff No Beat Cote d’Ivoire La Vie De
Louga
Maitre Gims
Ft Nsika
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Sapés
Comme
Jamais
Mr. Bow Mozambique Vida Boa
Nyashinki Kenya Now You Know
Phyno FtOlamide Nigeria Fada Fada