Becca, Ghana Artiste (AFRIMA 2017 Nominee for Best Female in Western Africa)
The
2018 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) annual calendar of programmes
will be unveiled on Monday, May 21, 2018 by the African Union
Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the
Republic of Ghana, and the International Committee of AFRIMA
during a world media event and music conference scheduled for
Accra, the capital city of Ghana.
Part
of the agenda for the Calendar Unveiling of the fifth annual
edition of AFRIMA is a Courtesy Visit to His Excellency, the
President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is set to
receive African delegates and music stars attending the event
from around Africa including the Head of Culture, African
Union, Mrs. Angela Martins; President/Executive Producer,
AFRIMA, Mr. Mike Dada; Director, Brand Communications, AFRIMA;
Ms. Matlou Tsotetsi; AFRIMA Regional Director; Western Africa,
Mr. Don Obilor, the Ghanaian-UK AFRIMA Juror, (representing
UK-Diaspora) and BBC-1 show host, Ms. Rita Ray and the AFRIMA
Country Director, Ghana, Mr. Francis Doku.
Also
participating at the event are past AFRIMA nominees and winners,
music professionals and executives, creative/culture industry policy
makers, members of the media industry and other award-winning
recording
artistes
living in Ghana and in other African countries.
Commenting
on the event in line with government’s objective to develop
sustainable tourism pivoted on Ghanaian arts and culture, Ghana’s
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Catherine Afeku, said:
“Arts
and culture, as a sector, remains one of Africa’s greatest
strengths. As well as being a source of values, identity and a sense
of belonging, the creative industries have become a driver of
economic growth and job creation. In agreeing to host the
AFRIMA 2018 Calendar Unveiling, the Government of Ghana is
motivated by the need to harness the potential of the creative
sector of Ghana to promote national and regional tourism. We
congratulate the African Union for lending its weight behind
this laudable effort”.
Hon.
Afeku added, “The Government of Ghana recognizes the potential of
the Creative Industries to shape and reinforce the country’s
economic growth. Studies show that by the end of the first
decade of this millennium, cultural activities contributed to
1.53% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of our country.
Zeroing in on music industry, it is reported with some
justifiable pride that that sector alone adds approximately
GH¢100 million to GDP”.
Speaking
on the collaborative work by the African Union and the
International Committee of AFRIMA to create inventive solutions to
achieving the AU Charter for African Cultural Renaissance and the
Plan of Action on Cultural and Creative Industries, the Acting
Director for Social Affairs, African Union Commission, Madam
Mariama Cisse revealed that partnerships with member AU states
such as Ghana further galvanise the achievement of the AU
policy on Africa transformation through social integration.
Eddy Kenzo, Ugandan Artiste (2017 Best Male Artiste in Eastern Africa, and 2017 Album of the Year in Africa)
In
her statement, the Acting Director for Social Affairs, African
Union, said: “The hosting by the Republic of Ghana of this
unveiling event is very important given that previous events
were hosted by the Federal
Republic
of Nigeria and it is crucial that the initiative rotates in the
AU Member States to ensure broader popularization and enhance its
Pan-African nature. We thus express our gratitude to the Government
of
the
Republic of Ghana for hosting the event and call upon all musical
artists to participate in the initiative by submitting their works
once the call for submissions is open”.
AFRIMA,
Africa’s biggest music awards property, will roll out the 2018
calendar under the theme “Africa is Music”. The calendar
features back-to-back events traversing several countries in
the five regions of Africa. Some of these planned events
include music/culture conferences; country visits to converse
with critical music/culture industry stakeholders and
high-octane music concerts tagged “Turn Up Africa” which
objective is to connect fans and followers of African music with
their favourite Africa music stars of the traditional and
contemporary genres.
In
partnership with the African Union, the All Africa Music Awards is a
music property that recognises and rewards the work and talent of a
myriad of African artists from the old to the new generation of
musicians. Through its conference, AFRIMA also stimulates
conversations among Africans and between Africa and the rest of
the world about the potential of the creative arts for real
humanising enterprise on the continent, contributing
significantly to social cohesion, national, regional and
continental integration as well as sustainable development in
Africa. The award show is usually broadcast to over eighty countries
around the world.
Wizkid,
Nigerian Artiste (Winner 2017 Best Male Artiste in West Africa,
Winner 2017 Artiste of the Year in Africa, and Winner 2017 Song
of the Year in Africa)
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