The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) will hold a “Road to AFRIMA on Campus” concert and launch the Vote-Not-Fight Campaign at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka on Wednesday, October 15.
To take place from 2 p.m. at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Lagos institution the concert heralds the award ceremony billed for November while the campaign shares the same vision of eradicating negative reports about the continent and promoting Africa through music.
A statement from the organisers explained that the concert, which features the country’s best artistes and the awards’ nominees such as 2face Idibia, Skales, Naeto C and Jaywon is to communicate the vision and ideals of AFRIMA to the vibrant youth generation in Nigeria.
Other performers for the concert include: Niyola, Zeez, Dammy Krane, Queen Moda, Efa, Saeon, Joel, Eedris Abdulkareem, Seriki, Tony-One-Week and a host of others.
The event will be anchored by a foremost Compere and Comedian in Africa, Gbenga Adeyinka the 1st, an alumnus of the university.
Meanwhile, voting continues in the 32 categories of the award till Novemeber 4. The main award ceremony comes up on Sunday, November 9 in Lagos, Nigeria. It will be preceded by the AFRIMA Music Village between November 4 – 7; a four-day festival of non-stop music and exhibition from African countries and performances by African artistes. It will be followed by African Music Summit, November 6-7, with the theme “Reviving the Business of Music in Africa”. The two-day conference will be a platform for the music industry stakeholders to engage and deliberate on how the industry can be nurtured and be a major contributor to national and continental economies.