Womandla: SAMAs Show Love to Women with Female Artist of the Year Award

Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 11:38 AM by Sibusisiwe Lwandle

- The South African Music Awards (SAMAs) have shown appreciation and love to women in the industry

- The Female Artist of the Year award aims to celebrate women in the music industry and the way they portray their excellence through creativity

- The official sponsor of the award, Sofnfree, shared a message of motivation to the five ladies nominated in the category this year

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The South African Music Awards (SAMAs) are now in their 27th year and received more than 1 100 entries for 2021.

The awards always show appreciation to women in the industry by giving a very special award to the talented ladies of Mzansi, the Female Artist Award. This year, there are five nominees in the category: Sho Madjozi, Reign Afrika, Bucy Radebe, Nomcebo Zikode and Hle.

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SAMAs show love to women with Female Artist of the Year Award — Sho Madjozi is one the artist nominated for the award. Image: @shomadjozi
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Previous winners in the category include Zahara, Shekhinah, Zonke, Ami Faku, Sho Madjozi and Amanda Black.

Sofnfree has announced its sponsorship of the Female Artist of the Year Award at 2021 SAMAs.

By sponsoring SAMAs Female Artist of the Year, the haircare brand is proud to represent a category that recognises girl power, excellence and creativity.

Speaking to Briefly News on the partnership, a brand team from the company said:

“We celebrate hair and music as incredible ways for women to express themselves, and look forward to honouring South Africa’s best talent for reinventing, redefining and reimagining our world. Best of luck to the Nominees for Female Artist of the Year - we're rooting for you.”

The two-hours virtual SAMAs show will be broadcast on SABC 1 ‪on Saturday 26 June at 8pm‬.

Viewers stand a chance to attend the production of the SAMAs along with a meet-and-greet with musicians who will be performing at the show. For more information and to follow the conversation, head to the SAMA Facebook and Instagram pages.