Congolese artist Fally Ipupa, and
Nigeria’s 2Face led the winners
at the third edition of the MTV
Africa Music Awards with Airtel
(MAMA), each taking home two
trophies at the music awards
ceremony at the Eko Expo Hall,
Lagos on 11 December 2010.
Nominated in four separate
categories, Fally Ipupa scored
wins for Best Video (“Sexy
Dance”) and Best Francophone
act while 2Face, a former MAMA
winner from 2009, picked up
trophies for Artist of the Year
and Best Male.
Cabo Snoop notched up a music
first for Angola by becoming the
first ever Angolan winner at
MAMA 2010, taking home the
prize for Best Lusophone act. The
inaugural Best Anglophone
award went to Kenyan Gospel
breakthrough artist Daddy Owen
– the first time a gospel artist has
won a MAMA.
Song of the Year was won by
South African pop/R&B outfit
Liquideep for their hauntingly
lovely ‘Fairytale’. New MAMA
award category Best
Performance was won by Big
Nuz, the South African house trio
making waves all over the
continent.
Nigerian vocalist Sasha scored
Nigeria’s first ever win in the
Best Female category after
Kenyan dominance over the last
two years. Nigerian R&B duo P-
Square (Nigeria) added yet
another MAMA trophy to their
awards cabinet – taking home
Best Group for the third year
running! Rising Nigerian star Mo
Cheddah notched up her first
win in the hotly contested
Brand:New category which
recognises rising stars tipped by
MTV for success.
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