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The AfriMusic Song Contest is a big music competition for singers from all over Africa. It's a bit like the famous Eurovision Song Contest, but just for African countries. Singers from different African nations have been competing since 2018.

Earlier Ideas for an African Song Contest

Before the AfriMusic Song Contest began, people had tried to create similar music events for Africa. Here are some of those earlier ideas:

  • Song Of Africa: This contest was planned to happen on May 25, 2011, in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was meant to be the African version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
  • Africa Song / Le Chant De L'Afrique: This event was supposed to take place in December 2014. It was organized by a company based in Mauritius with key people from South Africa.
  • All Africa Song Contest: This competition was planned for 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was organized by a production company from London.

Winners of the Contest

Here are the countries and artists who have won the AfriMusic Song Contest so far:

Year Country Song Performer Article
2018  Swaziland Sengikhona Symphony AMSC 2018
2018  South Africa Phakama Mbokodo Nonzwakazi AMSC 2019
2020  Nigeria Yèmi Dhortune ThatOndoBoy AMSC 2020

Countries That Placed High (But Didn't Win)

This table shows countries that didn't win the contest but still did very well, reaching high places:

Best placing Country Most recently
Song Performer Article
2nd  Cameroon Stop Ingrid White AMSC 2018
2nd  Mozambique Carlitos Jay Arghh A.K.A J'R AMSC 2019
3rd  Zimbabwe Close To Me Nina Watson AMSC 2018
3rd  Zambia Gold Towela Kaira AMSC 2019
3rd  Ghana Downtown Guy EpiqMenz AMSC 2020
4th  Botswana Coloured Skin Feine AMSC 2018
5th  Côte d'Ivoire Juste en peu CCI Studio Orchestre Meets D S Cynthia, Fabému, Masta Ricky & Papson D.C. AMSC 2018
5th  Kenya Cause You're Mine Crank AMSC 2020

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Festival de la Canción de AfriMusic para niños

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