The African Music Magazine Awards is a diaspora based Award ceremony fo all African music grnres ranging from Afrobeats, Assiko, Bongo, Decale, Funana, Genge, Highlife, Hiplife, Kwaito, Lingala and Soukous.
It held its first of its kind on the 26th of July, 2014 and brought out lots of shouts to the African music makers and lovers. Represented were African music makers from accross the continent and yeah our own country Cameroon!
Representing team237 were Stanley Enow, Gasha, Sine, Lady Ponce, Les Nubians and the D3 Dancers (partly).
Stanley Enow as we all know is that "New Sun Rising" which we got on team237's chart. Also known as ''Bayangi Boy'', the Cameroonian rapper is famous for his blend of that Enlish-French-Pidgin languages in what we call in Cameroon, ''Franc-Anglais''. Stanley is a multiple award winning artist, with his most recent and biggest award (before the AFRIMMA) being the MTV Africa Music Awards thet took place in Durban, South Africa where he got the ''Best New Act''. Stanley has no album yet but his singles as ''Hein Pere" and ''Tumbu Boss'' have made waves! Stanley was ''Best New Comer" of AFRIMMA.
Gasha is just amazing. I remember some time ago (about a year or two) I blogged about her when she had not yet gotten on the professional field and I saw that star in her. Yes she is proving it. Gasha's debut single ''Kakhi Mbere'' just thrilled many and captivated their souls into loving her much. ''This Life'' was never so different from as it portrayed that zeal Gasha has for music and the passion she shares about life. She sings afro R&B and it's all about love, peace and humanity. AFRIMMA came as a big one and great news to Gasha and Cameroon music lovers as a whole. Its the first of her kind. Gasha was nominated for ''Best Female Central Africa'' of AFRIMMA.
Sine makes Cameroon proud always. He is one of those Cameroonian Urban Music artists that put Cameroon on the African Chart. This guy is so talented especially as e does a multiple genre of music. He has collaborations with Cameroon's big name, Petit Pays and Ivorian-Cameroonian artist, Meiway. I love his voice. Yes. if you ask me one Cameroonian male artist who can do the very high pitched voice, I'll say Sine! Sine works with Touch Sound Music. He was nominee for ''Best Male Central Africa" of AFRIMMA.
Les Nubians is an R&B group consisting of two sisters, Hélène and Célia. Based in France, the group is a Grammy awards nominee and has three musical albums -
Princesses Nubiennes in 1998,
Nü Revolution in 2011 and
One Step Forward in 2003. They were the ''Best Female Diaspora" of AFRIMMA.
Lady Ponce! She is a mother and has inspired many female Cameroonian artists. She has portrayed the Cameroonian culture across the globe. Lady Ponce does bikutsi, the rhythm of the Beti prople, a clan in the Centre and South regions of Cameroon. She has great dance moves and sings with such passion that you feel right in the melody. Lady Ponce did her latest track with Koffi Olomide, a big name on Africa. She was nominee of AFRIMMA.
The D3 dancers is a dance crew based in the UK. The group showcases in concerts, musical clips, shows and events in Belgium, France, UK and Africa. They are good at multiple genres and rythms. Managed by Derry Entertainment, the group consists of three girls, BD, Dre and Nat from Cameroon and Congo.
With all these people et AFRIMMA, I take it that team237 was heavily represented. We got six flag holders and three tropy bearers. Stanley Enow got the ''Best New Comer'', Gasha got the ''Best Female Central Africa'' and Les Nubians got the ''Best Female Diaspora". Kudos to you all!
