Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Adekunle Gold shine at the 8th AFRIMA Awards.

The Best Act in Africa award was given to Grammy Award-winning singer Burna Boy at the eighth annual All Africa Music Awards, or AFRIMA, in Dakar, Senegal.

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Burna Boy also defeated South Africa’s Kabza De Small, Cote d’Ivoire’s Didi B to win the Best Album of Year award.

Didi B, in turn, won the award for Song of the Year.

Other Nigerian singers that won awards on the night were Wizkid with Best Act in West Africa category; Davido, who won Best Male Act in African Inspirational Music category and Adekunle Gold, who won Best Act Group in African contemporary music and Best Act, Duo or Group in African Pop, for his collaboration with Davido on the song, ‘High.’

Best Female Act in West Africa award went to Guinean singer, Manamba Kanye.