The
voting is closed and organisers of the annual Channel O Africa Music
Awards are furiously preparing to honour the continent’s most gifted
musicians with a spectacular LIVE show.
Winners in the 14
categories will be announced at the event, which takes place this
Saturday, 30 November at Walter Sisulu Square, in Kliptown Soweto.
The
10th Annual Channel O Africa Music Awards will be broadcast live on
Channel O and on GOtv at 20:00 CAT, giving music fans across the
continent the chance to be part of the highs, the lows, the red-carpet
glamour, the drama and the joy as the awards unfold in Soweto.
This
year, the annual Channel O Africa Music Awards will confirm its
standing as Africa’s leading and most consistently exciting music awards
event with a superb line-up of live acts. Among those taking to the
stage on Saturday night will be, Victoria Kimani, Wizkid, Burna Boy, The
Soil, Buffalo Souljah, Aka featuring Da L.E.S., KCee, Lizha James,
Cassper Nyovest featuring Okmalumkooklat, Khuli Chana, and Mafikizolo.
In
the host hot seat is the one-two star-studded combination of Nigerian
muso Naeto C and South African hip hopper AKA – both artists already
having proved their popularity with Channel O viewers over the past few
years.
The only category not voted for by Channel O viewers is
the Special Recognition, which this year is being awarded to Nigerian
R&B duo P-Square.
Twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, are
being honoured for their significant artistic contributions to music,
which have helped place African music and its artists firmly on
international stages.
They follow in the footsteps of the likes
of Oscar “Oskido” Mdlongwa (2012); Nigeria’s Koko Master D’Banj (2011);
Somalian born K’NAAN (2010); South African Brenda Fassie (2009) and
Ghana’s George Lee (2008).
So tune in at 20:00 CAT when the 2013 Channel O Africa Music Awards finally get underway!
Follow
us on twitter @ChannelOTV and @ChannelOAfrica and the 2013 Channel O
Africa Music Video Awards official hashtag is #CHOAMVA.
Channel O is available on DStv channel 320, on GOtv Channel 70 and on DStv Mobile.
Ghana's acclaimed 'Dancehall King',
Shatta Wale, was discharged from the Nyaho Clinic in Accra from where he
moved straight to the Accra Sports Stadium to perform at the Guinness
Big Eruption Concert last Saturday.
News One reports that the
musician was seriously ill and had been advised to take a complete rest
for two weeks when he was discharged Saturday night but he flouted the
medical advice and headed straight for the concert where over 30,000
music lovers were waiting for him and had been chanting his name for
hours.
"Well, we decided to keep it off the public eye that is
why we have not spoken about it. But it is true. He was given as much as
six drips that day and if you watch the videos, you would see the
plasters used in covering the string holes on his body. Shatta was
seriously ill that night but we were afraid the crowd may go haywire if
he does not turn up. It was his father himself who went for him from
Nyaho Clinic, got him dressed up and then straight to the concert,"
Shatta's manager said,
Though Shatta was the most hailed
performer on the night, a section of the media, has surprisingly churned
out stories that make it seem there is an agenda to run him down.
Prior
to the concert, there had been a tensed debate between fans of
dancehall Shatta Wale and Samini Dagarti on which of the two is a better
dancehall artiste. Indeed, several entertainment pundits and art
writers joined in the debate which many had hoped would he settled on
that night but unfortunately it did not.
On that night Samini put
up an outstanding performance that saw him deliver a repertoire of
enviable mega hits back-to-back. He was on point and did everything
w.ith accurate perfection that, there was'nothing to fault him with.
Though a large section of the crowd was heard booing him, it was clear
they had no reason for doing so other than their preference for Shatta.
Shatta,
on the other hand, performed fewer songs as compared to Samini, but his
audience response was greater. During Shatta's performance, it was as
if the crowd had been charmed into frenzy, or hypnotized. Judging by the
audience response, even the visually impaired and persons with hearing
impairments would admit it was Shatta's day.
