Amani: Kenyan music industry has matured

                           Kenyan singer Amani         Photo: Courtesy

Celebrated Kenyan songstress Amani has praised the Kenyan showbiz industry saying at has shaped up and become a lucrative sector.

“We rarely seem to see how far we have come from but looking back, we have really made a lot of progress as an industry,” she told MondayBlues.

The singer whose song Kiboko Changu, featuring Uganda’s Radio and Weasel, has been nominated for the MTV Africa Music Awards said it was amazing how fans had been throwing their support to her through voting and encouraging messages ahead of the grand day at KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa next week.

“In the past, fans seemed disconnected from their stars and you could hardly getting votes in such nominations but the industry seems mature. Kenyans are now supporting their own stars and it is for the media to keep highlighting the positives we have achieved over time,” she remarked.

Saying East African music was now getting recognition globally, Amani said the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) ceremony will provide a good platform for nominees from here to learn and exchange ideas.

Also in the nominations is Sauti Sol and Lupita Nyong’o.

Meanwhile, together with Sage and Nazizi, Amani will be staging the Divas Night during the Pulse Industry Night concert to take place at Carnivore, Nairobi, on Wednesday evening.