Bamidele drops new single
Award-winning artiste, Kcee is expected to headline the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Nomination Night in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, where nominees into the 28 categories of the awards will be announced.
A statement signed by AMAA’s Director of Administration, Mr. Tony Anih, said RwandAir, Rwanda Development Board, Radisson Blu and Kigali International Convention Centre are partnering with the organisers for the event to hold from May 13-15.
Anih said AMAA will host a Creative Entrepreneurs’ Workshop in Kigali which will precede the nominations gala night as part of activities for what has been dubbed a ‘Weekend Get Away to Kigali.’
He said the partnership is in the spirit of value creation and integration within the continent which the Africa Union is promoting and AMAA holding the nominations in Rwanda this year will promote tourism and bilateral relations between Nigeria and Rwanda.
Meanwhile, AMAA with the support of the Lagos State Government, the official host state for the 13th edition will hold a Sponsors’ Night in Lagos on May 4th, 2017 where former President of Malawi, Mrs. Joyce Banda is expected to deliver a keynote address on the topic: ‘The Imperative of the Creative Economy for Africa’s Socio-Economic Development.’
The sponsors’ night is designed to seek corporate support for the event holding in Lagos and the creative sector in Nigeria in general especially the film industry.
The main award event is scheduled to hold in Lagos on June 18th and will attract delegates and nominees from over 50 African countries and from Europe, North America, United States and South America.
Rising music sensation, Bamidele, has dropped a new single ‘Laye’ a fusion of afro-pop and afro-highlife with which he hopes to stake his claim in the big league.
The new Stanzee Records signee, also dropped an eye catching video for the debut single, produced by Milla Rankz and shot by Matt Max on locations in Lagos. Already the track is the rave in the old capital.
The Badagry-born artiste shaped his skill in the popular Ajegunle suburb and recorded his first track in 2006 at Micky Me Studios at a period he was devoted to experimenting with his music while creating different sounds. The result of that experiment is a record deal with Stanzee.
Speaking about the song, the artiste, said, “‘Laye’ was an experimental track. After trying out many sounds, it took me a while to find out my style and my type of music. ‘Laye’ is the result of the many experimental sounds I played around with. I am excited at the love shown to me since the release of the single and video and I can assure my fans that together with Stanzee Records, we will not disappoint them,” he said.