{"id":246003,"date":"2016-09-06T05:24:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T05:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246003"},"modified":"2016-09-06T05:24:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T05:24:31","slug":"shatta-wale-wins-best-african-act-at-the-2016-nea-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/shatta-wale-wins-best-african-act-at-the-2016-nea-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale wins Best African Act at the 2016 NEA awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shatta Wale emerged the Best African Act [Non-Nigerian\/African] at this year\u2019s edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards [NEA].<\/p>\n<p>The dancehall king, whose real name is Charles Nii Armah Mensah, posted on his Facebook page to announce the award.<\/p>\n<p>In the post, he wrote, \u201cWe won the best African act NEA Awards. Thanks to Almighty God and my management team boogie down Nima hasheem for all the support\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frasta.flex%2Fposts%2F10210217709149496&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nHe won the award in a category that featured some big acts like Stonebwoy [Ghana], Bisa Kdei [Ghana], Sarkodie [Ghana], FA [Liberia], Sauti Sol [Kenya], Deng [Liberia], Papa Denis [Kenya] and Eric Gbeso [Liberia].<\/p>\n<p>The NEA Awards was established in 2006 in New York. 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