The 2018 Annual African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) has produced a new set of winners this year as went down at House of Blues in Dallas Texas with heavyweights in the African music industry battling out for the top accolades.
However, The Cameroon Music Industry did not perform well this year, out of 13 Nominations of 10 Nominated artists, just an award was bagged by a Cameroonian.
Some of its winners are familiar across the continent. These include Wizkid, Fally Ipupa, and Yemi Alade. Some of the others are not quite as popular. These include Uganda’s Sheebah Karungi, who was named Best Female East African act, and Best Newcomer winner Ykee Benda, also from Uganda.
Nasty C won the Best Male Artist South Africa category and Davido won that category’s West African equivalent. Popstar Wizkid won Song of the Year for ‘Soco‘, his hit song recorded with members of his Starboy group. The song’s video also won in the Video of the Year category.
Perhaps the ceremony’s main surprise winner was Nigeria’s Burna Boy. In the past, he has commented about not winning awards. On the night of the 2018 AFRIMMA ceremony, he was named Best African Dancehall/Reggae act.
The full list of winners below:
Best Male West Africa
- Davido – Nigeria
Best Female West Africa
- Yemi Alade – Nigeria
Best Male East Africa
- Eddy Kenzo – Uganda
Best Female East Africa
- Sheebah Karungi – Uganda
Best Male Central Africa
- Fally Ipupa – Congo
Best Female Central Africa
- Daphne – Cameroon
Best Male Southern Africa
- Nasty C – South Africa
Best Female Southern Africa
- Ammara Brown – Zimbabwe
Best Male North Africa
- Ihab Amir – Morroco
Best Female North Africa
- Souhila Ben Lachhab – Algeria
Best African Group
- Toofan – Togo
Crossing Boundaries With Music Award
- MHD – Senegal/ France
Best Gospel
- Papa Dennis – Kenya
Best Newcomer
- Ykee Benda – Uganda
Artist of the Year
- Fally Ipupa – DRC
Best Live Act
- Flavour – Nigeria
Best DJ Africa
- DJ Dollar – Senegal
Best African DJ USA
- DJ Ecool – Nigeria
AFRIMMA Video of the Year
- Wizkid – Soco
Music Producer of The Year
- Masterkraft – Nigeria
Best African Dancer
- Didi Emah – Nigeria
Best Rap Act
- Khaligraph Jones – Kenya
Song of the Year
- Wizkid – ‘Soco’
Best Lusophone
- Kyaku Kyadaff – Angola
Best Francophone
- Toofan – Togo
Best African Dancehall/Reggae Act
- Burna Boy – Nigeria
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