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Langalakhe Mabena
Zimbabwean gospel musician Everton Mlalazi is over the moon after receiving three nominations at the Clima Africa Awards.
This is the second time the Noma Kunje hitmaker has been nominated at the awards – a sign that his work ethics and consistency across the African gospel scene are visible and worthy of being recognised.
On their eighth edition, Clima Africa awards are set to be held in Abuja, Nigeria on 5 October. The awards were designed to be the apex Christian Awards in Nigeria and Africa. They are aimed at celebrating Christian professionals and ministers of God with integrity.
This year’s theme “The Re-birth” – is an expression of a new season to showcase the real vision of Clima Africa which is, celebration, recognition, appreciation, and igniting unity of all Christian talents and impact makers in Africa.
Mlalazi was nominated in three categories, Southern Africa Gospel Artiste of the Year, Africa Worship Artiste of the Year and Africa Best Male Artiste of the Year. For Africa Best Male Artiste of the Year he was nominated alongside Ebuka Songs, Dunsin Oyekan, Frank Edwards (all from Nigeria), as well as Israel Mbonyi (Rwanda) and fellow countryman Canaan Nyathi.
On the African Worship Artiste of the Year category, he was nominated with Minister GUC, Onos , Preye Odede, Chris Morgan (all from Nigeria), and MOG Music (Ghana).
For Southern Africa Gospel Artiste of the Year, he was nominated with South Africans Winnie Mashaba and Jumbo, Deborah Ngama (Zambia) and Canaan Nyathi. The soft spoken Mlalazi said he was overwhelmed by the nominations at the prestigious awards.
“I am so excited to be nominated at the Clima Africa awards once again. Last year I managed to scoop one award out of two. This year I am nominated for three separate awards and that excites me because it means that different platforms all over Africa appreciate the gospel.
“I am humbled by the support we get from our people here in Zimbabwe and the whole of Africa. I kept working and released more music and toured Zimbabwe, Africa, and the rest of the world to get the music out there. I believe the efforts made me to be nominated. My expectation on the night of the awards is that those who have done well can be crowned as winners. But if we bring two awards from the three nominations it will be awesome,” said Mlalazi.
Online Reporter