Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Abelema Afeku, on Tuesday, September 18, joined hands with several stakeholders from the music industry on the Africa continent as well as iconic African musicians to launch the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) to be staged in Ghana.
The awards ceremony is the 5th edition and will be held on November 24 this year. Interestingly, Ghana will host the ceremony for three years running after taking the baton from Nigeria.
AFRIMA brings together musicians from all walks of life where legends and budding talents interact and perform to promote the spirit of Pan-Africanism.
Delivery the keynote address at the launch, Catherine Afeku stated that the opportunity to host the ceremony is a call for which Ghana needs to showcase its rich culture, tradition and that of Africa through music.
The ceremony will be preceded by Africa Music Business Summit held annually to interrogate and strategies on the business of music in Africa while creating a synergy between business networking, development and economic empowerment for musical talents.
This will be two days before the main event where there will be a red carpet session and will be broadcast live on 24 local and international channels.
Atinka news also spoke with Samini and King Promise about what they make of the awards ceremony, particularly the opportunities and mileage it would bring to the Ghanaian industry.
Notable amongst the celebrity musicians, sound engineers and producers were our own dancehalls icon, Samini, Livingston Etse Satekla, also known as Stonebwoy, Jupiter, Kuami Eugene, and King Promise.
Others are the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ziblim Iddi, President of AFRIMA, Mike Dada, Director of AFRIMA, Matlou Tsotetsi and several others from the Central, Eastern and Sothern Africa graced the occasion.
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