We are pleased to inform the Hive Community that the 15 branded t-shirts that we successfully made are currently being delivered to different Hivians/Hivers across different states in Nigeria.

We are also working with others in various parts of the world to ensure that they join us in this celebration, and we appreciate those who have already downloaded the original design template to make theirs in their area.

THANK YOU!!!

• We made 11 T-Shirts for some of our wonderful active members (@jessicaossom, @hopestylist, @sholex94, @merit.ahama, @maryjacy, @jesus-son, @sleemfit, @gloriaolar, @hivedeb, @ovey10 and @ksam),
• 3 T-Shirts for our lovely sponsors in Nigeria (@starstrings01, @josediccus and @maxwellmarcusart), and
• 1 T-Shirt for @afri-tunes which we plan to use to seek further offline collaborations.
• Also, @angiesings, @magicfingerz and @sapphirekay are not left out as our wonderful active members, and they’ll get theirs as well.

If you are interested in getting yours done in your current location, you can simply download the design template below, or reach out to us in the comment section. We’d really love to have everyone wearing this lovely T-Shirt and joining us to celebrate this day.

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PROFESSIONAL ONLINE GUITAR ACADEMY SPONSORSHIP

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It is also our wish to make musical impact on some of our members who are interested in learning guitar professionally or raising their levels of proficiency. Thus, we brought out this package to offer 3-month scholarship plan for those selected, with little monthly allowance for data subscription to assist and motivate them.

We plan to enroll them in an online academy with track record of excellence, founded by one of the top guitarists in Nigeria and who is also a top recording guitarist in Africa.

You can read this post to get other details about this sponsorship. We hope it motivates those selected to advance in their guitar playing, and we anticipate that this will have a beneficial effect on the musical content they contribute on Hive.

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AFRI-TUNES CONTEST (AFRI-ANNIVERSARY)

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Our contest for this Anniversary will have two categories; music and writing. The aim of the contest is to celebrate the African Tunes or Music on Hive, and this you can do so by sharing your lovely musical piece or your written piece related to the niche (African Music).

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MUSIC CATEGORY

We encourage you to sing or play your musical instrument with passion and love. You can either compose a song or present a cover of a song that is directly or indirectly related to any African musical genre.

For Valid Entry

• Subscribe to Afritunes Community
• Post in Afritunes Community
• Upload video via 3speak or Youtube video via ecency
• Use the unique tags of the event
  • #afritunes (community tag)
  • #afriversary (Anniversary tag)
  • #music
  • #jahm
• Include “AFRI-ANNIVERSARY” in your title
• At the introductory part of the video: say your name, week title (Afri-Anniversary) and the title of the song you wish to present.
• Let your word count be 250+
  • Let your writeup contain more of your inspiration behind the song or reason for choosing the song.
  • If lyrics are added, it must be cited properly.
• Properly cite all external materials.
• "Proper" use of instrumentals as background music is allowed

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WRITING CATEGORY

We also invite writers who would love to participate in this amazing event. You are invited to share your inspirational, motivational, experiential, financial, comedy or fictional form of writeup that directly or indirectly relates to African music. For instance, you can write about:

• Your best African song(s)
• Your experience in an African cultural event (with emphasis on the musical aspect)
• Relationship between African music and Gaita, Flamenco, Rumba, Salsa or Reggae.
• The future of African music
• Incorporating Web3 into African music
• African music on Hive
• Hive Marketing using the model: Afri-tunes Branded T-Shirt embedded with QR
• Your hope, plans or ideas for Afri-tunes community
• Or.... anything creative (except writeups that are NSFW).

For Valid Entry

• Subscribe to Afritunes Community
• Post in any community of your choice (Afri-tunes Community or any)
• Include “AFRI-ANNIVERSARY” in your title
• Use the unique tags of the event
  • #afritunes (community tag)
  • #afriversary (Anniversary tag)
  • #music
  • #vyb (optional)
  • #dreemport (optional)
  • #ecency (optional)
• Let your word count be 500+
• Properly cite all external materials (images or quotations).
• Include your link in the post that will be shared at the beginning of the Anniversary week.

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Side Information

Members of @hive-naija and @hive.ghana can publish their post for Afri-Anniversary in their individual communities (Hive Naija or Hive Ghana) as they would also be eligible for the unique reward and mini-contest from the Communities.

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GENERAL INFORMATION FOR AFRI-ANNIVERSARY CONTEST

• The Afri-Anniversary contest will begin on Friday, 3rd March 2023 by 00:00 (GMT +1) and will end on Thursday, 9th March 2023 by 23:59 (GMT +1).
• You can only make one entry (either music or writing)
• Comment on, at least, two Afri-anniversary posts
• Ensure to use the contest tag and include your link in the post that will be shared at the beginning of the Anniversary week to make sure your entry is valid.
• If you have the Afri-tunes Branded T-Shirt, we'd love to see you wear it to sing or/and upload lovely pictures with the T-Shirt in your post write-up.

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BIG NEWS!!!

Everyone who makes an entry for the Afri-Anniversary contest (music or writing) within the time duration will receive a special Badge from HIVEBUZZ!!!

We are happy to receive this awesome sponsorship from the @hivebuzz team, led by @arcange. It is a great privilege for us for this anniversary to be crafted in the evergreen archives of Hive Blockchain.

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AFRI-ANNIVERSARY CONTEST PRIZES

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MUSIC CATEGORY

1st Prize – 10 Hive + 5 Legion Tokens + 5 Leo Tokens + 150 Ecency Points + 100 Music Tokens

2nd Prize – 5 Hive + 50 Ecency Points + 50 Music Tokens

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WRITING CATEGORY

1st Prize – 15 Hive + 300 DREEM Tokens + 3 HBI (Hive Basic Income) + 150 Ecency Points + 100 HP delegation (for 30 days)

2nd Prize – 8 Hive + 150 DREEM Tokens + 2 HBI + 50 Ecency points + 75 HP delegation (for 30 days)

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Note:

• Writing category prizes of 5 Hive + 300 DREEM Tokens + 3 HBI Points + 100 HP delegation; and 3 Hive + 150 DREEM Tokens + 2 HBI + 75 HP delegation are sponsored by Dreemport.
• Vyb Curators "may" curate quality write-up
• Lazy Panda Curation Trail "may" support a few quality entries in both categories.
• GIVE YOUR BEST!!!

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ENGAGEMENT RACE

1st – 5 Hive + 300 Ecency points
2nd – 3 Hive + 150 Ecency points
3rd – 2 Hive + 100 Ecency points

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LEOTHREADS ENGAGEMENT

15 Leo tokens will be shared among those who share their post or 3speak video on leothreads with the hashtags #afritunes #music

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SPECIAL PRIZES

First "Valid" entry will receive 2 Hive.

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COST BREAKDOWN

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We appreciate all who supported and curated our initial posts and all who donated to this project: @appreciator @theycallmedan @acidyo @lazy-panda @ecency @eddiespino @stickupcurator @melinda010100 and many other great supporters. The post payout and other donations have helped us to cover over 60% of the payment for the Branded T-Shirt _{(we'll give a detailed breakdown at the completion of the project)}. If you'd love to support this project, here is the break-down of the expected cost. _{(NB: about 30-40% of the payment for the T-Shirt and 100% for the Guitar sponsorship have not yet been realised)}

T-Shirt Production

Guitar Academy Sponsorship

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