African Song Contest 2

The first edition of African Song Contest took place in Nouakchott, Mauritania, following the Marieme's win in Cairo (during African Song Contest 1) with her song "Freedom" scoring 184 points.

The winning song this edition came from TBA. TBA was represented by TBA and their song TBA, and they scored TBA points. TBA finished TBA points ahead of the runner up: TBA.

TBA was represented by TBA and their song TBA, receiving TBA points.

The voting contained of 50% Jury vote and 50% Televote.

Venue bidding
2 arenas in Mauritania submitted a bid for hosting the competition, both being located in Nouakchott. 20 journalists from the ABU Council voted on which venue should be hosting the contest.

Nouakchott
Nouakchott (/nwækˈʃɒt, nwɑː-/; French: [nwakʃɔt]; Arabic: نواكشوط; Berber: Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from Berber: Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds") is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahel. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania. Nouakchott was a mid-sized village of little importance until 1958 when it was chosen as the capital of the nascent nation of Mauritania. At the time, it was designed and built to accommodate 15,000 people. However, beginning in the 1970s, a vast number of Mauritanians began moving to Nouakchott because environmental conditions in their home villages had become too harsh due to drought and increasing desertification. As of 2013, the city had a population of just under a million people. Many of the newcomers settled in slum areas of the city that were poorly maintained and extremely overcrowded. However, more recently, the living conditions of some of these inhabitants have improved.

The city is the hub of the Mauritanian economy. It is home to a deepwater port and Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport, one of the country's two international airports. It also hosts the University of Nouakchott and several other more specialized institutions of higher learning.

Abderrahmane Sissako
Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, winning the FIPRESCI Prize. His 2007 film Bamako received much attention. Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people. His 2014 film Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Samba Schutte
Samba Dirk-Jan Schutte (born 1 February 1983) is a Dutch-Mauritanian actor, comedian, and writer. Schutte was born in Mauritania in 1983, the son of a Muslim Mother and Christian Dutch national. At the age of two, he moved to Ethiopia, as his father worked for a non-governmental organization. Schutte attended Sandford International School in Addis Ababa. When he was 12, his father purchased the video game Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair, and it was at this moment that Schutte decided to become an actor.[1] In 2001, he moved to the Netherlands to study theater at the Utrecht School of the Arts. He visited Ethiopia for the last time in 2002. Schutte also began performing at comedy clubs and joined the Comedy Explosion, a comedy collective, in 2004. In 2006, Schutte won the Jury and Audience Award at the Leids Cabaret Festival. He toured the country doing comedy shows for several years. Schutte was a writer and presenter for the Dutch version of "The Daily Show" known as De nieuwste show.