The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2016, which was held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, ended in the early hours of Monday.

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Tanzanian star, Diamond Platnumz, was the biggest winner of the night, taking home plaques in two categories; Best Male East Africa and Song of the Year.

The Nigerian winners include Flavour, Phyno, and Wizkid, who won Artiste of the Year.

King Sunny Ade was honoured with a Special Recognition award while Falz won Revelation of the Year

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See full list of winners below.

Best Male North Africa – DJ Van (Morocco)

Best Female North Africa- Zina Daoudia (Morocco)

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Best Male West Africa – Flavour (Nigeria)

Best Female West Africa – Aramide (Nigeria)

Best Male East Africa – Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)

Best Female East Africa – Cindy Sanyu (Uganda)

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Best Male South Africa – Black Coffee (South Africa)

Best female South Africa – Sally Boss Madam (Namibia)

Best Male Central Africa- Wax Dey (Cameroon)

Best Female Central Africa- Bruna Tatiana (Angola)

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Best Inspirational Female – Naomi Achu (Cameroon)

Best Artiste/Dou/GroupBand in African Contemporary- Flavour (Nigeria)

Most Promising Artiste- Amine Aub (Morocco)

African Fans Favorite – Phyno (Nigeria)

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Song writer of the year – Unique (Uganda)

Special Recognition Award – King Sunny Ade (Nigeria)

Best Artist/Duo/Group African Hiphop- Stanley Enow (Cameroon)

Best Artist/Duo/Group African Ragga & Dancehall- Patoranking (Nigeria)

Best Artist/Duo/Group African Traditional music- Zeynab (Benin)

Best Artist/Duo/Group African Electro – Such (Zimbabwe)

Best Artist/Duo/Group African RnB – Henok & Mehari Brothers (Ethiopia)

Best Artist/Duo/Group in African Rock -M’vula (Angola)

Best African Jazz – Jimmy Dludlu (South Africa)

Best African Group -VVIP (Ghana)

Best African Collaboration – Mbilo Mbilo by Eddy Kenzo (Uganda) ft Niniola (Nigeria)

Revelation of the year – Falz (Nigeria)

Album of the year – Ahmed Soultan (Morocco)

Song of the year- Utanipenda Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)

Artiste of the Year – Wizkid (Nigeria)

Video of the Year – Dogo Yaro by VVIP (Ghana)



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