2025 Give Black December Music Competition

Prize

1st Prize: £250
2nd Prize: £40
3rd Prize: £10

How the competition works

The participants should create a video of them performing the full song, the song should be their original work. (see rules below).
First, second, and third place winners will be selected by a panel of judges appointed by Nyeusi.

Application Open Date: 1 December 2025
Application Closing Date: 31 December 2025
Competition Closing Date: 31 December 2025

Rules

General: Write a full song between 1.5 minutes to 5 minutes long.
Genre: Afrobeats or Reggae

Lyrics requirement:

• General theme should be about love
• Promote black unity
• Promote gender equality
• Promote standing up for what’s right
• Promote black empowerment
• Promote natural black beauty
• Promote giving back to the community
• Mention Nyeungana (Name of the vision)
• Mention the charity Nyeusi ^TM (Name of the charity)
• Not contain any swear words

What to submit:

The submission should be a video footage of the artist performing the full song.

Artist: How to sign up for the competition

• To submit an entry the participants, have to post the entry on Instagram.
• Entries are only accepted if the participants are following us on social media, and the entry includes the use of the following hashtags: #GiveBlackDecember, #Nyeusi, #Nyeungana
• After posting your entry on Instagram, please send us the link to your post via direct message (DM)

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