by Oluwatobi Ibironke — October 9, 2017
The 2017 edition of the prestigious Africa Muzik Magazine Awards & Music Festival (AFRIMMA) awards was held on Sunday, October 8th, 2017 at the House of Blues, Dallas, US. The show was hosted by Basketmouth and Chipukeezy and the likes of Falz, Kaffy, Scientific from Liberia, Tzy Panshak from Cameroon, C4 Pedro, as well as Nsoki, both from Angola, entertained the audience with amazing performances.
The event was organized to appreciate the brilliance of African music and to reward the best music professionals across Africa. The different categories of the 2017 edition of the AFRIMMA awards were very competitive but Davido ended up as the biggest winner of the night, claiming both the Artist of the Year award and the Song of the Year Award for “If.”
See the full list of AFRIMMA winners below:
Best Male West Africa Falz (Nigeria)
Best Female West Africa Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Best Male East Africa Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Best Female East Africa Victoria Kimani (Kenya)
Best Male Central Africa C4 Pedro (Angola)
Best Female Central Africa Nsoki (Angola)
Best Male Southern Africa Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Best Female Southern Africa Babes Wodumo (South Africa
Crossing Boundaries with Music Award C4 Pedro (Angola)
Best Newcomer Nsoki (Angola)
Artist of The Year Davido (Nigeria)
Best DJ Africa Dj Spinall (Nigeria)
Best African DJ USA DJ Tunez (Nigeria)
Video of The Year Fally Ipupa Eloko Iyo Congo
Music Producer of The Year Julz (Ghana)
Best African Dancer Ghetto Triplets Kids Uganda
Song of The Year Davido IF (Nigeria)
Best Lusophone C4 Pedro (Angola)
Best Francophone Fally Ipupa (Congo)
Best Sound Engineer Sheyman (Nigeria)
Best Collaboration Wizkid ft Chris Brown African Bad Girl (Nigeria & USA)
Transformational Leadership Award Engineer Noah Dallaji
Best Rap Act Sarkodie (Ghana)
Dancehall Act of The Year Timaya (Nigeria)
Best Video Director Daps (Nigeria)
Best Male North Africa Amr Diab (Egypt)
Best African DJ DJ Spinall (Nigeria)
Best Gospel Artist Nathaniel Bassey (Nigeria)
Best Female North Africa Amani Swissi (Tunisia)
