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Congratulations to Davido, Yemi Alade, P Square and other music artistes who represented our country nicely at the MAMAs! The just-concluded 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards – hosted by African American comedian, Anthony Anderson – was a glamorous event with the finest of Africa’s music stars in attendance. A major highlight for us was D’Banj giving kudos to Don Jazzy on stage while collecting his award! A total of seven Nigerian acts won awards in their respective categories including Best Male, Best Female and Song of the Year. Did your favourite make the list? Find out below:   Best Male AKA (South Africa) Davido (Nigeria) – WINNER Diamond (Tanzania) Sarkodie (Ghana) Wizkid (Nigeria) Best Female Bucie (South Africa) Busiswa (South Africa) Seyi Shay (Nigeria) Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania) Yemi Alade (Nigeria) – WINNER Best Group B4 (Angola) Beatenberg (South Africa) Black Motion (South Africa) P-Square (Nigeria) – WINNER Sauti Sol (Kenya) Best New Act Transformed by Absolut Anna Joyce (Angola) Cassper Nyovest (South Africa) Duncan (South Africa) Patoranking (Nigeria) – WINNER Stonebwoy (Ghana) Best Hip Hop Cassper Nyovest (South Africa) – WINNER K.O. (South Africa) Phyno (Nigeria) Olamide (Nigeria) Youssoupha (DRC) Best Collaboration AKA, Burna Boy, Da LES & JR: “All Eyes On Me” (SA/Nigeria) – WINNER Davido featuring Uhuru & DJ Buckz: “The Sound” (Nigeria/SA) Diamond & Iyanya: “Bum Bum” (Kenya/Nigeria) Toofan & DJ Arafat: “Apero Remix” (Togo/Ivory Coast) Stanley Enow & Sarkodie: “Njama Njama Cow Remix” (Cameroon/Ghana) Song of the Year Cassper Nyovest: “Doc Shebeleza” (South Africa) Euphonik featuring Mpumi: “Busa” (South Africa) DJ Fisherman & NaakMusiQ featuring DJ Tira, Danger & Dream Team: “Call Out” (South Africa) K.O featuring Kid X: “Caracara” (South Africa) Lil Kesh Featuring Olamide & Davido: “Shoki Remix” (Nigeria) Mavins: “Dorobucci” (Nigeria) – WINNER Sauti Sol: “Sura Yako” (Kenya) Toofan: “Gweta” (Togo) Wizkid: “Show You The Money” (Nigeria) Yemi Alade: “Johnny” (Nigeria) Best Live Big Nuz (South Africa) Diamond (Tanzania) – WINNER Flavour (Nigeria) Mi Casa (South Africa) Toofan (Togo) Video of the Year “Crazy” – Seyi Shay Featuring Wizkid; Director: Meji Alabi “Doors” – Prime Circle; Director: Ryan Kruger “Love You Everyday” – Bebe Cool; Director: Clarence Peters “Nafukwa” – Riky Rick; Director: Adriaan Louw – WINNER “The Sound” – Davido Featuring Uhuru & DJ Buckz; Director: Sesan Best Pop & Alternative Fuse ODG (Ghana) Jeremy Loops (South Africa) Jimmy Nevis (South Africa) – WINNER Nneka (Nigeria) Prime Circle (South Africa) Best Francophone DJ Arafat (Ivory Coast) – WINNER Jovi (Cameroon) Laurette Le Pearle (DRC) Tour 2 Garde (Ivory Coast) Toofan (Togo) Best Lusophone Ary (Angola) – WINNER B4 (Angola) Nelson Freitas (Cape Verde) NGA (Angola) Yuri Da Cunha (Angola) Personality of the Year Basketmouth (Nigeria) Bonang Matheba (South Africa) OC Ukeje (Nigeria) Trevor Noah (South Africa) – WINNER Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)

MAMA Evolution

D’Banj (Nigeria) -Winner 2face (Nigeria) P-Square (Nigeria) Asa (Nigeria) Anselmo Ralph (Angola) Black Coffee (South Africa) Chameleone (Uganda) Fally Ipupa (DRC) HHP (South Africa) Samini (Ghana)

Best International Act

Nicki Minaj – Winner Beyoncé Big Sean Chris Brown Rihanna

Artist of the Decade: P-Square

MTV Base Leadership Award: Saran Kaba Jones & S’Bu Mavundla

Source: Bella Naija


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This article was first published on 20th July 2015

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Ify Halim is a Writer and media enthusiast based in Lagos. She enjoys writing self-help/inspirational articles with published work in UYD Magazine, Edufrica, Our Stories Inc. and The Keele Concourse. She currently works at ConnectNigeria.com, Nigeria’s Information Portal. Follow her on Twitter @MissHalim or visit her online space at ifyhalim.wordpress.com


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