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African Dancehall king, Samini, has been installed as a Sub-Divisional Chief of Wala Traditional Area located in Wa, Upper West Region of Ghana ... ....

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Full list: All the winners at 2018 AFRIMA

Joy Online 27 Nov 2018

The 5th All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA held in Accra, Ghana on November 24, 2018 had in attendance music stars, dignitaries, and music lovers across the continent, the annual music event seeks to celebrate and reward African talents who have done exceedingly well in the year ... BEST ARTISTE, DUO OR GROUP IN AFRICAN RAGGA, REGGAE & DANCEHALL....

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Stonebwoy Told Us Menzgold Was Safe – Angry Clients - VIDEO

Peace FM Online 27 Nov 2018

An aggrieved customer, who participated in a demonstration against the company on Tuesday, 27 November 2018, said the words of the Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year at 2018 All African Music Awards (AFRIMA) and BET award winner, convinced him that all was okay ... Another aggrieved customer told Class News' Ibrahim Obeng-Mensah that ... VIDEOS. ....

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AFRIMA 2018: Stonebwoy Beats Shatta Wale For The 100th Time To Win Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste ...

Peace FM Online 25 Nov 2018

The self-acclaimed African Dancehall king, Shatta Wale should by now forget about ever winning the best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the ......

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AFRIMA 2018: Davido crowned ‘Artiste of the Year’; ‘Akwaaba’ picks 2 awards

Joy Online 25 Nov 2018

Stonebwoy grabbed the ‘Best Reggae/Ragga/Dancehall Artiste’ award while his rival Shatta Wale picked up ‘Best Video’ with the song ‘Gringo’. Kuami Eugene was adjudged ‘Most Promising’ artiste and his label mate, Kidi, received the ‘Best in Contemporary African Music’ award....

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AFRIMA2018: Davido crowned ‘Artiste of the Year’; ‘Akwaaba’ picks 2 awards

Joy Online 25 Nov 2018

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AFRIMA 2018 – Davido Tops All But Stonebwoy, Sarkodie And Others Make Ghana Proud + ...

Peace FM Online 25 Nov 2018

BEST ARTIST, DUO OR GROUP IN AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ... BEST ARTIST, DUO OR GROUP IN AFRICAN DANCE OR CHOREOGRAPHY ... BEST AFRICAN DJ ... BEST ARTIST, DUO OR GROUP IN AFRICAN ELECTRO ... BEST AFRICAN DUO, GROUP OR BAND ... BEST ARTISTE, DUO OR GROUP IN AFRICAN HIP HOP ... BEST AFRICAN RAPPER OR LYRICIST ... BEST ARTISTE, DUO OR GROUP IN AFRICAN RAGGA, REGGAE & DANCEHALL....

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No Games – Yung Sal Says Of Our Women In His New Single

Sierra Express Media 14 Nov 2018

He sings for them. Born Abdul Salam Barrie, Yung Sal some days ago released a single titled ‘No Games’. It is already on YouTube and other social media platforms generating a lot of likes and comments ... It is a must-listen-to ... He was not done yet ... He does R&B; he raps and also throws in some dancehall bits laden witha fusion of African rhythms ... Ola ... ....

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Jacob Banks: Village review – more of the daring fusions, please

The Guardian 04 Nov 2018

Born in Nigeria and raised in Birmingham, his command of blues grit and electronic spell-casting is borderless ... Songs such as Love Ain’t Enough insert a soupçon of UK garage and Jamaican dancehall into the mix, while Keeps Me Going is palpably African in inspiration ... .......

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Placebo review – the feeling is mutual

The Guardian 04 Nov 2018

Clod Ensemble was founded in 1995 by director Suzy Willson and composer Paul Clark ... Twitter ... An African dancehall routine performed by Valerie Ebuwa is a particularly joyous highlight, but there are snatches of all sorts of styles, from hip-hop to classroom ballet routines, performed to an eclectic montage of sound clips ... Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest....

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Hands in the Air for Major Lazer

This Day 21 Oct 2018

Today, they boast of a large portfolio of African acts collaboration, particularly Nigerian artistes ... What makes it more interesting is the way they fell in love with Afrobeat sounds, though they have a reputation creating unique sounds by mixing different genres such as reggae, house, dancehall and others....

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Shatta Wale 'Stomps' His Authority In The Ghana Music Industry With Massive Turn Out At ...

Peace FM Online 16 Oct 2018

The launch was to give the fans a live performance of undiluted mixes of songs of the African Dancehall icon and at the same time, officially announce the release of the 'Reign Album' ... crowd that Ghanaian Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, pulled at the launch of his reign album....

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How grime became king

New Statesman 19 Sep 2018

From the Crossways estate in Bow to the Royal Albert Hall, grime music has fought its way to the centre of British culture ... A product of the Black Atlantic – US coastal hip-hop, Chicago house, Caribbean dancehall, West African syncopation – this arrangement underpinned every genre from ragga, rave and jungle to drum and bass, and dubstep....