Entries open for All Africa Music Awards

The following music professionals of African origin, living either on the continent or abroad, are eligible to enter the awards: artists, songwriters, video directors, music producers and music journalists, as well as unrecorded artists who can upload their songs / videos on YouTube. 

 

The All Africa Music Awards will take place in Nigeria from 21-25 October, with live performances and television broadcast to 84 countries on 109 television stations worldwide.

 

Submission format

 

Detailed information about eligibility and format of submission is available on www.afrima.org. Entries should be done by completing the registration form on AFRIMA website and other AFRIMA social media platforms namely Twitter: @AFRIMAWARDS and Facebook: www.facebook.com/AFRIMA2014. A URL link of the uploaded work on YouTube, SoundCloud, MySpace, and other compatible platforms must be included in the space provide on the entry registration form. 

 

For hardcopy entries, download the registration form and the completed copy alongside two copies of the entry must be sent to the nearest physical address provided on the AFRIMA website. Qualified entries will be selected by the Academy of AFRIMA which consists of the Jury and College of Voters.

 

 

Selecting nominees and winners

 

“The jury comprises 13 people who have spent reasonable amount of years in the music industry and have vast knowledge in music, who do not perform or produce songs any more and people who are well respected in the industry across Africa and the diaspora. They are professionals with impeccable understanding of music,” said Ernest Ewane, AFRIMA regional director, Central Africa.

 

AFRIMA co-producer / regional director, East Africa, Mike Strano added, “After the Jury has performed the duty of selecting qualified nominations, it collapses into the Academy which consists of 527 members to vote for the categories. In this process of selecting nominees and eventual winners of the coveted award trophy, AFRIMA is very keen to uphold its 'FACE IT' value which stands for Fairness, Accountability, Creativity, Excellence, Integrity and Transparency. The task of the International Committee of AFRIMA is to ensure that the Academy is not biased along ethnicity, region or age lines in terms of composition. So, there will be equal representation for all music genres.”

 

Entries in the 2014 All Africa Music Awards close on 5 July 2014.

 

For more information, go to www.afrima.org.