Erykah Badu, Flavour, others shine at AFRIMMA 2018 Awards & Music Festival in Texas[/caption] African music brought the world to a standstill as a crop of Africa’s finest Artists thronged Dallas to celebrate African music and culture . The African Muzik Magazine Awards & Music Festival kicked off on Friday 5th of October ,2017 with the Afrimma Music Panel. The Exciting Panel with the topic ‘This is Africa’ – How music and fashion are leading the world to Africa was moderated by Richard Iroko and panelists Brian Soko , Victoria Kimani , Madukwu Chinwah , Ovie O, Kaffy, Rudy Mutombo and Anderson Obiagwu . Day 2 ushered in the Afrimma Fashion Show , a spectacular event at the Lofty Spaces hosted by Gbenro Ajibade and Lady Jade . Designers who showcased include Blingshiki , 02 By Dada, Ace Coutoure , Karen Gold and others . The Grand finale of Afrimma 2018 Awards & Music Festival saw superstar African entertainers including Fally Ipupa , Eddy Kenzo , Harmonize , Khaligraph Jones ,Mr Patrick , Arrowbwoy , Victoria Kimani , Yemi Alade , Flavour , Semah , Didi Emah , Kaffy , Toofan and many others grace the stage with eclectic performances. 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. 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 . Davido won Best Male West Africa while Yemi Alade bested the females in the Western Africa category . AFRIMMA 2018 Awards & Music Festival 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 Fally Ipupa]]>