The highly anticipated Afrimma 2017 Awards & Music Festival lived up to the hype as Dallas witnessed a great show at the House of Blues, Dallas Texas. Hosted by Basketmouth and Chipukeezy, it was a gathering of who is who in African music . The show kicked off with an unforgettable performance by the Triplets Ghetto Kids from Uganda who took home the Best African Dancer category.
Other performers include Scientific from Liberia, Tzy Panshak from Cameroon, Falz from Nigeria , Tiwa Savage , Kaffy Dance Queen, C4 Pedro as well as Nsoki and the Francophone king Fally Ipupa. Basketmouth had the audience in stitches as he anchored a great show that would live long in the minds of many. Davido won the biggest prize of the night in a double salvo with ‘If’ – Song of The Year as well as being named artist of the year.
Below is the full list winners….
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Male West Africa -Falz (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Female West Africa -Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Male East Africa – Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Female East Africa – Victoria Kimani (Kenya)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Male Central Africa -C4 Pedro (Angola)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Female Central Africa – Nsoki (Angola)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Male Southern Africa- Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Afrimma 2017 Best Female Southern Africa – Babes Wodumo (South Africa
AFRIMMA 2017 Crossing Boundaries with Music Award C4 Pedro (Angola)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Newcomer -Nsoki (Angola)
Afrimma 2017 Artist of The Year – Davido (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best DJ Africa – Dj Spinall (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best African Dj USA – Dj Tunez (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 Video of The Year -Fally Ipupa – Eloko Iyo Congo
AFRIMMA 2017 Music Producer of The Year – Julz (Ghana)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best African Dancer – Ghetto Triplets Kids – Uganda
AFRIMMA 2017 Song of The Year – Davido – IF (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Lusophone – C4 Pedro (Angola)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Francophone – Fally Ipupa (Congo)
AFRIMMA 2017 Best Sound Engineer -Sheyman (Nigeria)
AFRIMMA 2017 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)