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Over 4000 musicians sign open letter calling for ceasefire in Gaza
Winners of the 2023 South African Music Awards
This year's edition underscored the unwavering resilience and excellence of South African artists across various genres. Kabza De Small emerged as the night's biggest victor, securing four awards including Best Produced Album, Best Amapiano Album, Best Kwaito Album, and the Best Duo/Group alongside DJ Maphorisa. Gospel sensation Ntokozo Mbambo shone with three accolades, claiming the Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Contemporary Faith Album awards. In a poignant moment, the late AKA was posthumously honored as the Male Artist of The Year and received the Best Collaboration Award for 'Lemons (Lemonade)' featuring Nasty C. His album 'Mass Country' also clinched the Best Engineered Album Award. The SAMAs also paid homage to music legends through Lifetime Achievement Awards, recognizing the profound impact of Mandoza, Ihhashi Elimhlophe, Gloria Bosman (posthumous), and Pops Mohamed on the industry. Here's a snapshot of some of the winners: • Female Artist of the Year: Ntokozo Mbambo – 'Lavish Worship' • Male Artist of the Year: AKA – 'Mass Country' • Duo/Group of the Year: DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small – 'Scorpion Kings Live Sun Arena' • Album of the Year: 'Lavish Worship' – Ntokozo Mbambo • Newcomer of the Year: Myztro – '2.0 Nkwari' • Best Amapiano Album: 'KOA II Part 1' – Kabza De Small • Best Collaboration: AKA featuring Nasty C – 'Lemons (Lemonade)' • Best Hip Hop Album: 'This Is Religion' – MashBeatz • The list of winners encompassed a wide spectrum of musical genres, recognizing excellence in Pop, Jazz, Traditional, R&B, Dance, Rock, Afropop, and various other categories.
More than 4000 musicians and performers have signed an open letter demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Put together by the Musicians For Palestine movement and initially launched on Thursday, 16th November, support for the letter, which significantly since. Electronic music artists and DJs including Ben UFO, Kode9, Jamz Supernova, Brian Eno, The Blessed Madonna, Loraine James, Deena Abdelwahed, ABADIR, CCL, dj voices, Assyouti, I. JORDAN, OK Williams and Mykki Blanco have all added their names to the list of signatories. "Today, we demand an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza, and an end to the siege," the letter reads. "The day after, our vision of a just and peaceful future for all must be our most urgent task. We urge everyone who shares that vision to join us.“ You can read the letter in full here, and browse the list of signatories here. A previous campaign set up by musicians to call for a ceasefire in Gaza garnered more than 1000 signatories, including Midland, Melé and The Human League's Martyn Ware. condemns the "unfolding human catastrophe" in Gaza, has spread
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