KORA All-Africa Music Awards, the African continent’s first and premier award ceremony in the musical arts has announced the nominees in the 26 categories for her 2016 edition, and the nominee list features a host of Nigerian artist including, Yemi Alade, Korede Bello, Flavour and a host of others. The award ceremony taking place at the Windhoek Country Club in Namibia has partnered with SoundcityTV Africa as official Broadcast Media. The Award Ceremony which is set to take place on the 20th of March 2016, and will form part of the host country – Namibia’s annual National Day celebrations would be televised live on SoundcityTV – Channel 327 on DSTV, GOtv Channel 75 and her digital platforms across 55 countries. Nigerian artistes and categories they are nominated are: Reekado Banks for Most Promising Male Artist of Africa; Yemi Alade for Most Promising Female Artist of Africa; P-Square for Legendary Award; Tiwa Savage, Flavour N’abania and Korede Bello for Best Video; Lara George for Best Female – Spiritual Music; Flavour scores a second nomination for ‘Best Male – West Africa’ alongside Davido; Tiwa Savage is also nominated for ‘Best Female – West Africa’ Bracket are up for Best Group of Africa; The trio of BNG are nominated for Best Group – Spiritual; Mavins’ ‘Adaobi’ is nominated for Best COLLABORATION. Winners from every category will not only be going home with the coveted KORA plaques but cash prizes ranging from twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to a million dollars ($1,000,000).
