Following an overwhelming flood of entries in the past two months, the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has closed submission of entries for its maiden on July 19, 2014 recording an impressive total of 2,025 (two thousand and twenty five) entries received at the close of the submission.
Of the entries received on the AFRIMA website and Facebook page, 38 were from music and entertainment journalists, others were from artistes, songwriters, video directors, music producers and record companies across the continent and in the diaspora whose works were produced in the year under review, May 31, 2013 to July 20, 2014.
The call for entry was initially opened on May 15 and billed to close on July 5. However, the International Committee of AFRIMA extended the closing date to July 19 to accommodate the deluge of more entries from interested participants across the continent and also to give an equal chance to many who felt disenfranchised due to lack of Internet access. The entry finally closed at 24.00 hrs CAT on July 21.
A 13-person jury panel, who have been carefully selected to represent the five (5) regions of Africa and Diaspora, will further screen the submitted works. The jury members who are part of the AFRIMA Academy of Voters arrived in Lagos on July 31, 2014 for the week-long adjudication process in the presence of an international auditing firm.
Of the entries received on the AFRIMA website and Facebook page, 38 were from music and entertainment journalists, others were from artistes, songwriters, video directors, music producers and record companies across the continent and in the diaspora whose works were produced in the year under review, May 31, 2013 to July 20, 2014.
The call for entry was initially opened on May 15 and billed to close on July 5. However, the International Committee of AFRIMA extended the closing date to July 19 to accommodate the deluge of more entries from interested participants across the continent and also to give an equal chance to many who felt disenfranchised due to lack of Internet access. The entry finally closed at 24.00 hrs CAT on July 21.
A 13-person jury panel, who have been carefully selected to represent the five (5) regions of Africa and Diaspora, will further screen the submitted works. The jury members who are part of the AFRIMA Academy of Voters arrived in Lagos on July 31, 2014 for the week-long adjudication process in the presence of an international auditing firm.
Prominent and seasoned music professionals like Oscar Kidjo, Rita Ray, Kawesa Richard, Delani Makhalima, Christian Syren, Rab Bakari and Laolu Akintobi are part of the jury. A nomination list will be released to the public on a later date to vote for a winner in each of the 31 categories of the award.
“The role of the Jury is to ensure maximum credibility, certify that entries are properly screened and positioned in their correct categories. There are all assurances that with the calibre of persons on our jury panel, nominees would be well selected and announcements made afterwards”, stated Country director, Nigeria; Mr.Kingsley James
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