GLO-CAF AWARDS: Soweto Gospel Choir, Flavour, Other Stars To Perform

Soweto Gospel Choir: Songs of Hope

Notable music stars across the African continent are billed to entertain guests at the 2014 Glo-CAF Awards which holds in Lagos on January 8, 2015.

Media reports say the awards, dubbed as Oscars of African Football, is held annually in celebration of the continent’s finest football stars. Prominent names in world sports, particularly soccer, as well as other spheres of life, such as business, politics and entertainment are expected to grace the occasion.

Among the music stars expected to thrill guests at the high octane continental event are Congo DRC’s multiple award-winning song writer, singer and guitarist, Fally Ipupa; global Jazz icon, Hugh Masekela from South Africa, and Egyptian folk singer and the first person from an Arab country to perform at a Nobel Prize ceremony.

Others include the Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa, sensational singing group, Uhuru, pan African group, Cirque D’Afrique; and Tanzania’s prominent multiple award winning singer, Diamond.

From the home front, some of the biggest stars in Nigeria are also expected to light up the evening. They include the wave-making highlife artiste and Globacom Ambassador, Flavour, Hip hop sensations and Globacom Ambassadors, P-Square and Wande Coal, Afrobeat icon, who is also a Globacom Ambassador, Lagbaja, and one of Nigeria’s most prominent female singers and Globacom Ambassador, Omawumi.

“It is a careful selection of music stars and highly decorated performers, whose songs are currently ruling the airwaves across the continent” said Mr. Ashok Israni, Globacom’s Regional Marketing Director, West Africa. According to him, the stars are expected to take turns performing at different stages of the awards.

One of the highest points of the night for many fun lovers, especially Jazz lovers, would be the live performance of the legendary South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer, Hugh Masekela.

Masekela has performed on some of the best stages across the world, and has picked  a number of high profile awards along the way including Ghana Music Awards’  African Music Legend award in 2007, Lifetime Achievement Award by Channel O and BBC Radio Jazz Awards’ International Award of the Year in 2002.