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Multi talented video director, Kemi Adetiba has bagged the Creative Artist of the Year award at the African Diaspora Awards ceremony, in the United States of America.
The event held at the Gerald Lynch Theatre in New York, on Saturday.

Kemi Adetiba, who won the award in the Visual Image category, has received commendations all year long for some of the music videos she directed, including Onye by Waje, Anifowoshe by Olamide, Toh Bad by Niyola and Sitting On The Throne, for rapper Olamide.

Kemi, the self-styled "Bruce Lee of Visuals", has also been nominated for awards at the forthcoming Headies Awards which will hold in December.

The AFRICAN DIASPORA AWARDS celebrates the accomplishments of exemplary individuals from the African Diaspora who have excelled in various spheres of life, as well as individuals in society who working towards the advancement of Africans in the Diaspora and Africa, as a whole.



Co-hosted by Sahr Ngauja, award winning actor and musician (Broadway hit "Fela") and Ebbe Bassey, actor, producer and writer ("Mother of George", "NYPD Blue", "Law & Order: SVU").



The ADA Awards is one of the most electrifying and highly anticipated awards shows celebrating the African Diaspora.

 The ADA Awards brings together established brands, entrepreneurs, world-class entertainers, fashion mavens, renowned scholars, politicians, athletes, and philanthropists from the Diaspora. The awards show engages attendees in a cultural extravaganza of iconic tributes, powerhouse performances and unforgettable moments.


Other 2014 ADA Honorees are: 

Actor of the Year: Ger Duany, The Good Lie [South Sudanese]

Designer of the Year: David Tlale [South Africa] 

Entrepreneur of the Year: Meck Khalfan, Puku Charger [Tanzania]

Community Leadership Award:

Friend of Africa: Semhar Araia, Dawn Inc. [Eritrea] 

Musician of the Year: Somi [Rwanda-Uganda]

Friend of Africa: Bernadette Paolo, The Africa Society [U.S]

Advocate of the Year: Dr. Olajide Williams, Hip Hop Healthcare [Nigeria]

Company of the Year: Ogilvy & Mather [U.S.]



The ADA Awards are sponsored, to date, by: Vlisco and Arik International.