The 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards took place at the Durban ICC, in South Africa on Saturday night with Sarkodie picking up the gong for Best Hiphop Artist of the Year. Mafikizolo and Davido won two awards each including artist of the year for Davido and Song of the year for Mafikizolo.
Kenya’s own Lupita bagged the prestigious personality of the year award. Sauti Sol suffered a loss to Mafikizolo who took the group of the year award However the category was competitive and greatest losers in this category seems to be acclaimed heavyweights P-Square who went homes empty handed.
Check out the full list of winners:
Best Male: Davido (Nigeria)
Best Female: Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Best Group: Mafikizolo (South Africa)
Best New Act: Stanley Enow (Cameroon)
Best Live Act: Flavour (Nigeria)
Best Collaboration: “Y-tjukutja” – Uhuru Ft. Oskido, DJ Bucks, Professor and Yuri Da Cunha (South Africa/Angola)
Best Hip Hop: Sarkodie (Ghana)
Best Alternative: Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)
Best Francophone: Toofan (Togo)
Best Lusophone: Anselmo Ralph (Angola)
Artist of the Year: Davido (Nigeria)
Song of the Year: “Khona” – Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (South Africa)
Best Video: Clarence Peters (Nigeria)
Best Pop: Goldfish (South Africa)
Best International: Pharrell
Personality of the Year: Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya)
MTV Base Leadership Award: Ashish J. Thakkar (Tanzania)
Transform Today Award by Absolut: Clarence Peters (Nigeria)
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