LOS ANGELES, Amurka – Rukunin Wakokin Afirka na Grammy Awards, wanda aka kaddamar a shekarar da ta gabata, ya haifar da cece-kuce saboda shigar da mawakin Amurka Chris Brown a cikin wannan rukuni na shekarar 2024.
Rukunin Best African Music Performance, wanda aka fara gabatarwa a bana, ya samu karbuwa sosai a fagen waka, musamman daga mawakan Afirka. Amma, zabin Chris Brown, wanda ya hada kai da mawakan Najeriya Davido da Lojay a wakar Sensational, ya jawo cece-kuce kan ko ya kamata masu waka ba-Afariku su shiga cikin rukunin da aka tsara don nuna hazakar mawakan Afirka.
Harvey Mason Jr., Shugaban Grammy Awards, ya bayyana cewa, “Waka ta kasance game da hada kai. Ba ma son kewaye mutane daga wasu nau’ikan waka. Idan muka fara yanke shawarar ko wane irin waka wanda zai iya ko ba zai iya yinwa, za mu rasa ainihin kirkire-kirkire.”
Duk da haka, wasu masu fada aji sun nuna rashin amincewa da yadda Afrobeats, wanda ya samo asali daga Najeriya da Ghana, ya mamaye zabin wadanda aka zaba a wannan shekarar. Ayomide Tayo, dan jaridan waka na Najeriya, ya bayyana cewa, “Ba na ganin Afrobeats ya fi kyau, amma ya samu karbuwa sosai saboda shekaru da yawa da aka yi ana tallata shi.”
A wannan shekarar, mawakan Najeriya kamar Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, Tems, da kuma Asake & Wizkid sun samu zabin shiga rukunin, tare da Davido da Lojay da suka fito a wakar Chris Brown. Tayo ya kara da cewa, “Chris Brown ya kasance yana goyon bayan wakokin Afirka na tsawon lokaci, kuma ya yi aiki tare da manyan mawakan Najeriya.”
Raphael Benza, shugaban kamfanin rikodi na Vth Season daga Johannesburg, ya yi imanin cewa, “Anan a Afirka, muna yin aiki mai kyau, kuma ina tsammanin za mu ga mawakan amapiano suna shiga cikin wannan rukuni a shekara mai zuwa.”
Rukunin Best African Music Performance an gabatar da shi ne don girmama tasirin da wakokin Afirka ke da shi a duniya. Tyla, wacce ta lashe lambar yabo a bana, ta doke manyan mawakan Najeriya kamar Davido da Burna Boy, inda ta tabbatar da matsayinta a duniya.
Duk da haka, ana fatan cewa za a kara yawan rukunoni na wakokin Afirka a Grammy Awards a nan gaba, don nuna irin tasirin da wakokin Afirka ke da shi a duniya da kuma nuna yawan nau’ikan wakokin da ake samarwa a Afirka.
