Rema claims three awards as Burna Boy, Juma Jux shine at 9th AFRIMA

Nigerian artistes dominated the 9th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) held in Lagos on Sunday night, with major wins across categories.

Leading the night was Rema, who secured three awards: ‘Artiste of the Year,’ ‘Best Male Artiste in Western Africa,’ and ‘Best African Artiste in RnB and Soul’.

Burna Boy was honoured with ‘Album of the Year’ for ‘No Sign of Weakness’. He also shared the award for ‘Best African Collaboration’ with Shallipopi, who separately won the prestigious ‘Song of the Year’ for ‘Laho’.

Yemi Alade took home ‘Best Soundtrack in a Movie, Series or Documentary’ for her song ‘You Are’ from the animated series ‘Iyanu’.

In the hip-hop category, Phyno was named ‘Best African Artiste in African Hip-Hop’ while Tanzania’s Juma Jux took home ‘Best Male Artiste in Eastern Africa’.