…as Maydee features in the historic comeback
The 2016 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, main awards
ceremony came to a climatic end with a 13-song high-octane performance
from PSquare, Africa's biggest music duo, who churned out back to back
medley of their greatest hits on Sunday, November 6 2016 at the Convention
Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
African fans of Peter and Paul Okoye, the dynamic twin
brothers who make up the legendary music group, were overjoyed to welcome
the brothers on their first continental live performance stage since
their reconciliation after the very public family feud which threatened
the existence of the multi-award winning group.
Winner of the AFRIMA 2014 Best African Group Category,
PSquare reminded the more than 5,000 audience members at the awards, consisting
of government officials, other African artistes and guests, why they
are still a force of reckon in the African music industry. The duo
worked the crowd into a frenzy with hits like "Beautiful
Onyinye", "E No Easy", "Shekini", "Do
Me" and "Ifunaya". More excitement was to follow
when PSquare invited Nigerian music act and former label mate, Maydee
on stage for a performance of their collaborative hit song "Chop My
Money".
However, the high point of the PSquare's appearance at the
AFRIMA 2016 main awards stage was the collaboration with Tanzania's music
sensation, Diamond Platnumz (winner of the 2016 AFRIMA for Song of the
Year) on recent collaborative chart buster, "Kidogo". The awards
crowd was kept on its feet throughout the history making closing
performance.
Hosted in Nigeria by Lagos State, the Official Host City,
AFRIMA 2016 main awards ceremony was an exhibition of the cultural
uniqueness of Africa and the host city. One of the objectives of AFRIMA is
to create a platform for uniting Africans and celebrating the talents in
the music industry of Africa.
It was indeed a befitting end to an unprecedented AFRIMA
Week of festivities. The frenzy started with the massive hype in
every conceivable media announcing the AFRIMA 2016 like never before. And
when the curtains dropped on Friday November 4, THE AFRICA MUSIC
ROUNDTABLE, assembled African eggheads to chart a course for Music
Industry in Africa.
Later at sunset of same day, an intimidating stage, at the
Lagos Beach heralded the biggest music concerts in Lagos. Over 35 African
musicians, headlined by world renowned King of Afrobeat, FEMI KUTI,
mounted the stage one after the other to make Africa proud.
Following day Saturday, November 5, 2016 took the artiste on
a tour of the Lagos City the host city, culminating in a WELCOME RECEPTION
BY THE ENIGMATIC GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, AKINWUNMI AMBODE.
The Sunday awards day was again specially graced by the
governor, his wife, and members of the state government cabinet. In
attendance expectedly were all the top officials of AFRIMA INTERNATIONAL
supported by AU, representatives.
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