MTV Base has announced that its
yearly music awards, MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), will hold on Saturday,
June 7, 2014, at the Durban International Convention Centre in Durban, South
Africa.
The announcement was made at a press
conference in Durban by Mr. Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President and Managing
Director of Viacom International Media Networks.
Yes..There
will be up to 13 categories of awards up for grabs including Best Male, Best
Female and Best New Act.
The award
ceremony will be preceded by three ‘concerts in Durban, Lagos, and Nairobi,
building up to the main show.
The
concerts, which will take place in April and May 2014, will feature MAMA
nominees alongside other local artistes and DJs. MAMA, which debuted in Abuja
in 2008, has a rich roll-call of past winners, including D’banj, P-Square,
Nameless, Lira, Fally Ipupa, 2Face Idibia and Cabo Snoop.
The awards
held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2009, and Lagos, Nigeria in 2010.
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