I am a fan of awards, including this one. But the idea that an African gospel music award is to be held in London just doesn't rub me quite right. Why should an award dealing with African gospel music and presumably organized by Africans be held in London? Is there no African city good enough for this award? Why should the economic impact of Africa's gospel music be let to benefit those who are already very rich - London? Consider the hall that will be rented, the cost of producing the event, etc., these are all economic activities that would have gone to help the unemployment condition of an African city. However, organizers of the event decided for London. African artists would flown to London to receive African awards given by Africans! It is like organizing a European event in an African country or city! The idea of awarding African gospel musicians is excellent but the execution is, well, extremely unsound. It should be rethought.
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Not only is the awards being held in London taking away from the economic gain that Africa can have by holding the awards there, but it is also taking away from them the chance to show the world that they are not what people think they are. The awards not only show they success and talent that Africans have, but also by having it in their own continent it will show that war, unrest, and poverty is not only what Africa is about. I believe that by having the awards in London, they may be inevitably supporting the idea that Africans cannot have such "modern" things in their own continent
Wow, I don't understand why Africa would do this. The decision to take their award ceremony to London seems symbolic of their tie with colonialism. But I wonder if the award ceremony would get more international attention in London instead of Africa? However, I still think this is a sad mistake. I think that if there were to have their award ceremony in Africa, Africans' confidence would build which is one of the first important steps for Africa to thrive in the global community.
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