One prize that has been dished out at the ceremony in recent years is the Kopa Trophy, with some of the world's modern greats having claimed the individual prize. But what is the Kopa Trophy?

Among them was the ‘Iron Lady’ of Taarab, Khadija Omar Abdallah Kopa, widely known as Khadija Kopa. The death of Bi Kidude, a leading figure in East African Taraab music, thrust Kopa ...