Letwin Mubonesi
A multi-award winner afro pop singer Ammara Brown is in cloud nine after she was nominated for two continental awards to be held in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire next month in recognition of her growing music brand.
Ammara was nominated for the Best Southern Africa Female Artiste award under the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in Nigeria and Best African Female Artiste under the African Talent Awards in Côte d’Ivoire respectively.
The Svoto hit maker said that she was delighted by the double nomination and felt honoured for the recognition of her growing brand as a musician of note.
“This being my second year in a row nominated by AFRIMA, it shows me that my consistency is appreciated on a continental level and I’m so grateful and so blessed. These are two completely different award ceremonies! I’m in amid two amazing lists of female powerhouses, so I’m grateful to every single one of you who has been voting for my AFRIMA and the African Talent Awards nominations,” said Ammara.
She added the African Talent Awards nomination left her speechless as she felt that she was competing with the best not only in Southern Africa but in the whole continent.
“African Talent Awards, this is truly incredible because my nomination isn’t based on the region. It’s Best African Female, which means the continent. It’s breath-taking. I’m genuinely honoured,” she said.
The singing sensation will be battling against Africa’s finest in the category which has been dubbed the most competitive considering that it also features the most powerful women voices in the music industry across the African continent.
The Afro-pop diva scooped the same award at the fifth edition of the AFRIMA held in Texas in 2018 after a stiff competition from other strong and vibrant artistes in the region including Shekinah, Babes Wodumo, Mampi and Cleo Ice Queen.
Ammara said although the nominations came as a surprise, she was confident that she would bring home the AFRIMA crown.
Ammara is a singer, song writer, actress and brand ambassador and she started her career in showbiz in the 1990s when she featured on a television commercial alongside the late music superstar and national hero Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. She also won the Best Female Artiste (Southern Africa) at the African Muzik Magazine Awards and Music Festival held in the United States last year.
The multi-award-winning singer recently lifted the lid on the emotional abuse and trauma she endured under her abusive father who was addicted to alcohol. She let the cat out of the bag in her new single titled Tichichema, which unpacks the pain of abusive marriages and its effects on the victims.
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