Circum-Alert: Museke Online Africa Music Awards (MOAMA)

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Museke Online Africa Music Awards (MOAMAs) Nominees 2010

Wande Coal, Lizha James, Barbara Kanam, AY, HHP, Bracket, Blu3, Radio & Weasel, Alikiba, Black Coffee, and Cheb Khaled lead the nominees for the Museke Online Africa Music Awards. The MOAMAs will award the best of African music over the last year and put the winners in the spotlight as Africa prepares

to host the globe at the World Cup in South Africa. The awards are being organized by Museke.com,

home of the African music fan which seeks to unify Africa through its music.

The nominees were selected over a 3 month period by an academy made up of African music

enthusiasts and fans. Nigeria has the most nominees with 31, followed by South Africa with 22, Kenya

with 18, DR Congo with 15, Uganda with 14, Tanzania with 13 and Mozambique with 10. There are 28

categories in all with 7 nominees for each. The nominees come from all over Africa and with varied

styles.

Voting will take place on http://awards.museke.com (http://moamas.com) until 15 May, with winners

being announced on 1 June. Users can vote once everyday.

Nominees for African song of the year (arranged by song/album, name & country)

Bumper to bumper – Wande Coal – Nigeria

Juju ‐ Black Coffee ‐ South Africa

Meme pas fatigue – Magic System/Cheb Khaled – Cote d’Ivoire/Algeria

Show ce soir – Bisso na Bisso ‐ Congo Brazzaville

Sunshine ‐ Nameless – Kenya

Where you are – Blu3 – Uganda

Kindly visit Museke.com for a full list of MOAMA categories and nominees!

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