SA artists win big at MAMAs


Big Nuz and Liquideep represented the South African flag over the weekend at the third edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards.

Liquideep won the award for Song of the Year, while Big Nuz won in the Best Performance category. They won the awards on the same evening that the late Miriam Makeba was honoured as this year’s “MAMA Legend”.

The awards were held in Nigeria, and saw explosive performances by the likes of American hip hop artist Rick Ross, 2Face, The Parlotones, Freshlyground and many more.

The winners are as follows:

Best Lusophone – Cabo Snoop (Angola)
Artist of the Year- 2Face (Nigeria)
Best Female – Sasha (Nigeria)
Best Male – 2Face (Nigeria)
Best Group – P-Square (Nigeria)
Brand New Act – Mo Cheddah (Nigeria)
Best Performance – Big Nuz (South Africa)
Song of the Year – Liquideep (South Africa): “Fairytale”
MAMA Legend – Miriam Makeba (South Africa)
Best International – Eminem (USA)

The awards are being screened on MTV Base this Saturday.

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