the 1st Africa Music Awards came off last weekend and we have the list of winners. The 2nd edition is scheduled for 24th October 2009. Congratulations to all the winners

African Artist of the year
* P Square (Nigeria)

African Music Video of the year
* Mr Solek (Nigeria)

African Song of the year
* Do me P-Square (Nigeria)

The 1st Africa Music Awards (AMA) event comes off Saturday 27 December 2008 in London. The AMA aims to expose the incredible richness of African music and culture, showcasing the breath-taking performances from the Continent’s music giants and top musicians. The event is expected to be broadcasted to over 10million viewers worldwide, and 2,500 live audiences consisting of the crème de la crème of society.

The 1st Africa Music Awards (AMA) event is tipped to be the biggest African party, exploding with the exquisite continent’s rich music and culture on Christmas Saturday 27 December 2008 at the stunning 1930’s fashionable venue; TROXY (490 Commercial Road, London E1). Within its niche, the AMA will aim to expose the incredible richness of African music and culture, showcasing the breath-taking performances from the Continent’s music giants and top musicians.

The MTV Africa Music Awards aired around the world everywhere that MTV is shown and premiered in Africa on DStv Channel 322 and GTV Saturday 22 November @ 19:30 – 21:00 CAT (Central African Time).

Tune in to MTV channels worldwide this coming weekend and watch what went down at the 1st ever MTV Africa Music Awards! Check here for the list of winners and the list of nominees.

Road to the MAMA: Friday 28 November @ 19:00
MAMA Main Event: Saturday 29 November @ 19:30
What Went Down: Sunday 30 November @ 20:00

You can also tune into the following local TV stations in your country throughout Africa:

News is filtering in concerning who won what at the MTV Africa Music Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria last night. Winners received 'Golden Microphones', one of which is shown here. D'Banj was the big winner, taking home three awards - artiste of the year, male artiste of the year and the listener's choice award.
Find out where to watch the awards in different African countries by clicking here

The full list of nominees are here

The MAMAs winners are as follows:

1. ARTIST OF THE YEAR - D'Banj (Nigeria)
2. BEST MALE - D'Banj (Nigeria)
3. BEST FEMALE - Wahu (Kenya)

ZAIN, MTV BRING A TASTE OF MIAMI TO NIGERIA
Johannesburg/Kinshasa/Lagos/Nairobi/New York, 11 November 2008: US hip hop phenomenon Flo Rida will perform for the first time in Africa at the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMA) as MTV salutes the power of US and African hip hop. Joining the whirlwind Miami MC performing at the event will be MAMA award nominees 9ice (Best Hip Hop, Best New Act nominee), Naeto C (Best New Act nominee), Ikechukwu (Best Video nominee) and Jua Cali (Best Male nominee).

The MTVBase Africa chart is back! Kenya's Jua Cali and Nigeria's Eldee da Don join the countdown for the first time and a certain Nigerian act stays at the top of the countdown. There's even an experience from Nigeria's beloved Ayo. There are some tracks from Museke.com's spanking new African music list as well. These are the African music videos that are the buzz on MTV's Africa Channel. Click the active links to watch the videos.

And so the countdown goes....

10 Shank (Nigeria) - 2 Late

9 Jua Cali (Kenya) - Ngeli Ya Genge

8 El Dee (Nigeria) - Bosi Gbanga

MTV has unveiled the nominees for the Listener’s Choice Award at the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMAs). The awards celebrate the tracks and artists who triumphed on the radio airwaves in 2007/8.
You can view the nominees for other categories in the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) are this Museke.com link.

The nominees for the Listener’s Choice awards, chosen exclusively by radio listeners across Africa are:

- Jax Panik (South Africa) - 'Cigarettes and Cinnamon'
- D’Banj (Nigeria) - 'Why Me'
- Nakaaya (Tanzania) - 'Mr. Politician'

MTV Base Africa and Shell have partnered in another initiative to shoot some excellent music videos for a number of African musicians. They have already shot videos for Ghana's Tinny (Incomplete), South Africa's HHP (Music and Lights) and Kenya's Nikki (Kipofu).

The first MTV Making the Video Challenge with Shell partnered Little X, the Toronto-born music video director behind cutting edge music videos with Sean Paul, Jay Z and Rihanna, with South African video directors, Kwaito artist Bleksem and Mozambique's Dama do Bling on their exciting single collaboration, 'Wena Uthini' (also known as Thula Uzoyiboma). Bleksem has been riding high on the success of his 'How low can you go' track with DJ Cleo. Dama do Bling is one of Africa's best female emcees and she has also released singles from her new album (Chamadas para a Bling), including 'Gimme love'.

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  Writer Chemphe
  Year 2008