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Here are the Winners for the 2018 AFRIMMA Awards

The African music brought the world to a standstill as a crop of Africa’s finest Artistes thronged Dallas to celebrate African music and culture. The African Muzik Magazine Awards & Music Festival kicked off on Friday 5th of October, 2018 with the “Afrimma” Music Panel. The Exciting Panel with the topic ‘This is Africa’.

Hosted by Ace Nigerian Comedian Bovi, Kenyan comic star Eric Omondi, and Ugandan TV Queen Anitah Fabiola, Afrimma 2018 brought the frills and the thrills as the Awards rolled in and the artists brought their A-game on stage. Erykah Badu the Queen of Neo-soul music was also honored with the Afrimma Excellence Award.

The biggest winner of the Night was Congolese legend Fally Ipupa who carted home the Artist of The Year and Leadership in Music Awards, Togolese duo Toofan also coasted home with two awards Best Francophone and Best African Group.

Full WINNERS List

Best Male West Africa

Davido – Winner

Best Female West Africa 

Yemi Alade – Nigeria -Winner

Best Male East Africa

Eddy Kenzo – Uganda – Winner

Best Female East Africa

Sheebah Karungi – Uganda – Winner

Best Male Central Africa

Fally Ipupa – Congo – Winner

Best Female Central Africa

Daphne – Cameroon – Winner

Best Male Southern Africa

Nasty C – South Africa – Winner

Best Female Southern Africa

Ammara Brown – Zimbabwe – Winner

Best Male North Africa 

Ihab Amir – Morroco – Winner

Best Female North Africa 

Souhila Ben Lachhab – Algeria – Winne

Best African Group

Toofan – Togo – Winner

Crossing Boundaries With Music Award

MHD – Guinea/ France – Winner

Best Gospel

Papa Dennis – Kenya – Winner

Best Newcomer

Ykee Benda – Uganda – Winner

Artist of The Year 

Fally Ipupa- Congo – Winner

Best Live Act

Flavour – Nigeria – Winner

Best Video Director  

Godfather Productions- South Africa – Winner

Best Dj Africa

Dj Dollar – Senegal – Winner

Best African Dj USA

Dj Ecool – Nigeria  – Winner

AFRIMMA Video of The Year

Wizkid – Soco – Winner

Music Producer of The Year

Masterkraft – Nigeria – Winner

Best African Dancer

Diddi Emah – Nigeria – Winner

Best Rap Act

Khaligraph Jones – Kenya – Winner

Best Collaboration

Diamond Platnumz ft Neyo – African Beauty – Winner

Song of The Year 

Wizkid – Soco – Winner

Best Lusophone

Kyaku Kyadaff – Angola – Winner

Best Francophone 

Toofan – Togo -Winner

Best African Dancehall/Reggea Act

Burnaboy – Nigeria – Winner

AFRIMMA ACHIEVERS AWARD

Bismack Biyombo – DRC – Winner

HONORARY CATEGORIES

AFRIMMA HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Flavour

AFRIMMA SHINING STAR AWARD

Semah

AFRIMMA BEACON OF HOPE AWARD

Queen Julie Endee

AFRIMMA EXCELLENCE AWARD

Erykah Badu

AFRIMMA LEADERSHIP IN MUSIC AWARD