Un Celebrated Kenyans in the Afrimama awards!!

Away from music reviews,today i want to talk about how we celebrate our own,i remember Sauti sol were nominated for MAMA awards and after they lost people on social media were all negative, talking bad about them,now we had the AFIMAMA's this weekend and when Bahati,Ogopa and DJ Josh won,the reaction was opposite,i thought Kenyans would also make noise and be happy about the win but the opposite happened.

Wyre at the Afrimama Awards.

The highly anticipated African Muzik Magazine Awards held at the prestigious Eisemann Center with a galaxy of African stars gracing the city of Dallas. The biggest African Muzic Awards in Diaspora had the big African Stars like Flavour, Diamond Platnumz , Togar Howard , Stanley Enow, Wyre, Alaine, Khuli Chana, the African King of Pop and International superstar T-pain dazzle on the stage with electrifying performances. 
 

Diamond receiving his Award

Other performances on the night included Kukere master Iyanya, Khuli Chana, Kcee and more.

Red hot HKN ganga honcho Davido who has been blazing the trail in the African music industry carted home the Artiste of the Year award with Flavour, Diamond and Kenyans were also not left out. In the win.

Flavour from nigeria receiving his Award.

Here is the full list of winners.

AFRIMMA 2014 WINNERS

Best DJ Africa 2014- Dj Black (Ghana)
Best African DJ USA 2014 – Dj Josh (Kenya)
Best Video of the Year 2014- Flavour (Nigeria)
Best Male East Africa 2014- Diamond (Tanzania)
Best Male West Africa 2014- Davido (Nigeria)
Best Female East Africa 2014- Lady Jaydee (Tanzania)
Best Female West Africa 2014 – Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Best Male Central Africa 2014 – Fally Pupa (Congo)
Best Female Central Africa 2014- Gasha ( Cameroon)
Best Male Southern Africa 2014- Khuli Chana (South Africa)
Best African Group 2014- P-square (Nigeria)
Best Male Diaspora 2014- Fuse ODG (Ghana)
Best Female Diaspora 2014- Les Nubians (Cameroon)
Best Female Southern Africa 2014- Zahara (South Africa)
Best Dancehall Artist 2014 – Timaya (Nigeria)
Best Dance in a Video 2014- Iyanya (Lekwa Ukwu) (Nigeria)
Best Gospel Artiste 2014- Bahati (Kenya)
Best Traditional Artist 2014- Flavour (Nigeria)
Best Newcomer 2014- Stanley Enow (Cameroon)
Best Video Director 2014- Ogopa Dj’s (Kenya)
Music Producer of the year 2014- Dj Oskido (South Africa)
Best Dance Group 2014- Imagineto (Nigeria)
Best Rap Act 2014- Sarkodie (Ghana)
Best Collaboration 2014- Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (Khona) (South Africa)
Song of the Year 2014- Kcee (Nigeria)
Artist of the Year 2014- Davido (Nigeria)
Leadership in Music Award 2014- 2face Idibia
Legendary Award 2014- Yvonne Chaka Chaka
Transformational Leadership Award 2014- Chief Dr. Godswill Akpabio

So Kenyans if you notice,in the East African countries we won big,but do we celebrate our own?

Diamond Platinumz won the Best Male East Africa 2014 while Lady Jaydee took home the Best Female East Africa 2014,compared to our own Bahati who won Best Gospel Artiste 2014 meaning in Africa not in East Africa, but truth be said, Other countries are celebrating their own unlike us,is it a culture of Selfishness we have or how can we justify this behavior.

Bahati-Winner Best Gospel Artist 2014

Best Video Director 2014 went to Ogopa Dj’s,it means Ogopa are the best Video Directors in Africa,but how well have we celebrated them?what are we doing to show that we appreciate them taking our country to an international level?

 

Lady Jaydee-Winner Best female East Africa 2014

I read papers and saw online how Tanzanians welcomed Diamond, yet our people came home,not any accolade from us,is it us Kenyans who don’t know the art of appreciation or were we never natured to show emotions? or all that consumes us is politics? and how long will this go on?Just wonderind!!