On September 5th, 2020 at La Estrellita Event Center in Des Moines, Iowa the history was made as the first edition of the Des Moines African Youth Festival Awards came to life. It was a night of celebration of African music and seeing the best performances from our most talented African youths across the United State. On that day, many awards were given to different talented African youth across the country. The awards were given to the following categories:
- The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to MARTIN CLASSIC from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
2. The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to Far Away By KING TELVO from Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
3. The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to Freshma By MANDI CLASSIC from Lexington, Kentucky, USA and MARTIN CLASSIC from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
4. The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙑𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to Mama Africa by MAGGIE BUSHIRI from Los Angeles, California, USA.
5. The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to THE CLEVER TEAM from Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
6. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to TEKNO and RUSI from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
7. The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to CJ DANIEL from Grand rapids, Michigan, USA.
8. The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 award was given to DIVIN KD from Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
9. The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 award was given to GLOIRE GK form Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
10. The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 award was given to SONDASI LUUNDO from Buffalo, New York, USA.
11. The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 award was given to RASH REVOLUTION from Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
12. The 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙁𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 award was given to BLACKIE SMITH from Atlanta, GEORGIA, USA.
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