The African Music Academy announces the overall winners of its second prizes.
(Paris, France, 20 June 2025 - AMA info@africanmusicacademy.org)
In accordance with its calendar published on its website, the African Music Academy (AMA) is today able to publish the overall list of its second prizes.
54 national laureates were nominated on 30 April by professional organisations representing the various music professions, and declared de facto members of the Academy. They then elected 22 regional winners, who in turn elected the 6 overall winners.
At the end of this three-stage process, the laureates of this second edition, as officially published on 20 June 2025 on the AMA website https://africanmusicacademy.org/en/prize-list, are:
- Boago FENJU, Botswana, in the authors category,
- Miguel HERNANDEZ, Venezuela, in the composers category,
- Rich BIZZY, Zambia, in the performers category,
- Lulu, Malawi, in the musicians category,
- ChawaBeats, Malawi, in the producer category,
- Lé ZULU, Burkina Faso, in the managers category.
These 6 global winners are therefore members of the Academy's Honorary Committee.
"The trophies will be presented in person to each of the winners at events to be organised by the professional organisations, in consultation with the winners and the AMA's national delegates. The date and venue will be decided by the professional organisations in accordance with each person's diary," says Wally Badarou, President of the AMA.
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Founded in 2014 by a committee bringing together many of the most prestigious players in the music industry (Manu Dibango, Rokia Traoré, Youssou N'Dour, Angélique Kidjo, Jacob Devarieux, Inna Modja, etc), the African Music Academy (AMA) is an association dedicated to promoting African music largo sensu, from the continent to the multiple historical and contemporary diaspora, placing the African musician at the heart of the scheme.