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ZIMA is an abbreviation for the Zimbabwe Music Awards which are run by the Zimbabwe Music Awards Board. Introduction
ZIMA (Zimbabwe Music Awards) is an annual award ceremony to acknowledge and honor musical excellence and creativity as well as provide a high profile and multi faceted celebration of the rich cultural diversity of Zimbabwe’s music. Objectives
Celebrating musical achievements through the establishments of an institutional framework that follows, records and relays musical success stories on an ongoing basis. customs food and critical component in attracting tourism inflows to the country. Selecting a team of industry specialists to act as adjudicators in the process of identifying and selecting musicians who must be acknowledged and honored :
Organizing an annual musical awards that effectively competes at global level,
Brief Zimbabwean music history
Amongst some of the industry’s greatest exports are phenomenal artist such as; The Bhundu Boys, who were celebrated at one time as Africa's best pop outfit by British music lovers. Ambuya Stella Chiweshe brought new meaning to Africa’s rhythm by exporting mbira music to Germany and currently riding the crest his musical success, is the indomitable Oliver Mtukudzi, whose face has appeared on the cover of many international magazines and journals of high repute. His music has contributed to the successful movie tracks such as Neria and he has been voted the best African Artists by HMV London. With these developments in our local musical industry, and the recent emergence of amazing talent across a wide spectrum in the last ten years, ZIMA was founded to salute these musical greats
The ZIMA 2012 Team
Chairman/Founder
Joseph Nyadzayo Founder of the Zimbabwe Music Awards in 2003. He has vast experience in music management and has shared a great passion over the years for its development as a registered arts promoter. Zimbabwe Music Awards, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. Community Pages are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.
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