Talent in the entertainment industry has been appreciated
overtime by the emergence of award ceremonies to cater for the different facets
of the industry (music artistes, movie acts e.t.c) but no one remembers the DJ,
that man or woman who’s at the parties, clubs and bars, stringing the music
together (music sung by our celebrated and non-celebrated artistes) making the
audience dance.
The DJ is that person who connects the people to the music
but he is hardly ever acknowledged. Now, times have changed as we introduce
African Global DJ Awards (AGDA), an awards ceremony that is geared towards honoring
DJs in Africa and around the world. Organized by Mohammed Alfa of Stronghold
Entertainment, Kolawole Ajayi of
Kollertunz and Tope Esan of Stats Media,
the awards will hold on the 4th
of May at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
The DJs are nominated in sixteen categories. These categories cover from regional aspects to
a broader global aspect, also honoring female DJs who are unsung heroes in a
predominantly male profession.
Winners will be decided by a panel of judges selected
from different countries and likely to be headed by Nigeria’s legendary DJ JIMMY JATT.
The awards night will be hosted by Barbz of Big Brother fame, Denrele
Edun of Channel O, rapper Navio from
Uganda, DJ Jam Jam from United
Kingdom and Adams of Nigeria’s
SoundCity.
The categories and nominees for the awards are:
1 BEST AFRICAN DJ
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DJ ALY AND FILA (EGYPT)
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DJ FRESH (SOUTH AFRICA)
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DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA)
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DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KENYA)
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DJ BLACK (GHANA)
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DJ OSKIDO (SOUTH AFRICA)
2 2.BEST DJ MIXTAPE
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DJ MIC SMITH (GHANA)
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DJ NEPTUNE (NIGERIA)
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DJ DEE MONEY (NIGERIA/USA)
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DJ WAXY (SOUTH AFRICA)
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DJ TBOE TOUCH (SOUTH AFRICA)
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DJ KAYWISE (NIGERIA)
3 3.BEST CLUB DJ
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DJ FLAVA (NIGERIA/ML)
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DJ ZIMO (NIGERIA/USA)
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DJ SHIRU (UGANDA)
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DJ SPINALL (NIGERIA)
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DJ WAXY (SOUTH AFRICA)
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DJ KILLA FINGERS (GHANA)
4 4. BEST RADIO DJ
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DJ JOE MFALME (KENYA)
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DJ GARETH CLIFF (SOUTH AFRICA)
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DJ BLACK (GHANA)
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DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA)
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DJ CAISE (NIGERIA)
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DJ GLEN LEWIS (SOUTH AFRICA)
5 5. BEST TV DJ
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DJ VINNIE (NIGERIA)
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DJ CLEO (SOUTH AFRICA)
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DJ SHABSY (NIGERIA)
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DJ BILLI OCEAN (GHANA)
6 6. BEST ARTIST / BAND DJ
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DJ TUNEZ (NIGERIA / AWON BOYZ)
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DJ SPINALL (NIGERIA/MAVIN)
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DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA/EME)
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DJ MENSA (GHANA/SAKORDIE)
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DJ NEPTUNE (NIGERIA/NAETO C)
77. BEST AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL DJ (FOR AFRICAN DJS NOT RESIDENT IN AFRICA)
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DJ ABASS (NG/UK)
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DJ AFOO (NG/US)
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DJ DEE MONEY (NG/US)
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DJ GABE (NG/UK)
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DJ ABRANTEE (GH/UK)
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DJ RONNIE (GH/US)
8 8. BEST GLOBAL DJ (FOR NON-AFRICAN DJS)
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DJ KHALED
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DJ ENUFF
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DAVID GUETTA
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DJ DEADMAUS
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SKRILLEX
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TIËSTO
9 9. BEST AFRO HIP POP/HIP HOP MUSIC DJ
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DJ WAXY (SA)
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DJ HUMILITY (NG)
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DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
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DJ CAISE (NG)
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DJ TOMMY (NG)
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DJ MISTER
1 10. BEST KWAITO OR HOUSE MUSIC DJ
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DJ FRESH (SA)
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DJ EUPHONIK (SA)
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DJ KENT (SA)
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DJ LULO CAFÉ (SA)
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DJ FISTAZ (SA)
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DJ GLEN LEWIS (SA)
111. BEST EASTERN AFRICAN DJ
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DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KENYA)
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DJ ALUDAH (UGANDA)
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DJ JOE MFALME (KENYA)
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DJ KUMI (KENYA)
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DJ DONNACCIA (KENYA)
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DJ JAHAWI (KENYA)
112. BEST SOUTHERN AFRICAN DJ
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DJ GESHGROOVE (ZM)
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DJ EUPHONIK (SA)
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DJ NAVES (SA)
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NAKED DJ (SA)
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DJ BLACK COFFEE (SA)
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DJ SIZWE DLOMO (SA)
1 13. BEST WESTERN AFRICAN DJ
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DJ BLACK (GH)
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DJ NEPTUNE (NG)
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DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
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DJ CAISE (NG)
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DJ MIXMASTER BROWN (NG)
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DJ HUMILITY (NG)
114. BEST NORTHERN AFRICAN DJ
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DJ ALY AND FILA (EG)
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DJ CARLOS (EG)
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DJ AMINE AKESBI (MRC)
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DJ NOOR EDGE (TUN)
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DJ FEEDO (EG)
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DJ AKM (AL)
1 15. BEST FEMALE DJ
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DJ NANA (NG)
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DJ PIECES (NG/US)
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DJ LAMBO (NG)
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DJ KESS (GH)
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DJ CNDO (SA)
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DJ SOUPAMODEL (NG/US)
116. BEST FRANCOPHONE DJ
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DJ HI-FA (BN)
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DJ COOL (BF)
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DJ KOKOB (ET)
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DJ MULUKU (IC)
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DJ PHILO (IC)
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DJ JAKE (BN)
Voting will be done online at http://agda.co.za/ and via Agdaawards social
media platforms.
Voting to support your favorite DJs
will start on twitter on 13th March and on the website and facebook
on 15th of March 2013.
Stay Tuned to our different media
platforms and other online blogs for more infomation.
On facebook: http://bit.ly/AGDAAwards
On twitter: @agdaawards
On Instagram: @agdaawards
Google+ : +agdaawards (agdaawards@gmail.com)
Keek: keek.com/agdaawards
Lot of gifts and prizes await fans of the African
Global DJ Awards, so don’t be left behind, jump on the bandwagon NOW!!!.
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