Johannesburg/Nairobi, 14 October 2009: Africa is still pumping to the beat of Africa's biggest and best celebration of musical talent - the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) with Zain - the awards show that highlighted African contemporary music to the world and proved how great it is!
Celebrations are still continuing in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya after glittering show on 10 October 2009, which saw award victories for Nameless, Amani, D'Banj, Zebra & Giraffe, M.I., Samini, 2Face, HHP and Lucky Dube. Amateur singer Patricke-Stevie Moungondo won the award for My Video - the first win ever for Congo Brazzaville.
If you missed the party in Nairobi at last weekend you can still get a flava of what went down by checking out the broadcast of the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain on DStv and partner stations AIT (Nigeria), STV (Nigeria), CTV (Kenya), WBS (Uganda), TBC1 (Tanzania), TV3 (Ghana), ZNBC (Zambia), RTGA (DRC) and SLBS (Sierra Leone) from 17 October.
Among the highlights to look forward to are a music and dance faceoff between Kenyan divas Wahu and Amani, an extraordinary mash up between alternative rockers Zebra & Giraffe and SA hip hop icon Da LES, a haunting version of Akon's 'Beautiful', a moving reggae tribute to late great Reggae icon Lucky Dube by Wyclef Jean and the electrifying finale featuring all the artists singing together on Michael Jackson’s ‘Wanna Be Starting Something’.
From the moment he roars into the Kasarani on a tricked up a pimped-up neon-lit Matatu to the astonishing tickertape finale, MAMA host Wyclef Jean holds the audience in the palm of his hand, in a tour de force of MC-ing. Not content with hosting a complex 3-hour show and performing some of his most well known hits Jean also finds time to enter into a macho push-up test with Akon, indulge in banter with Kenya supermodel Ajuma Nasenyana and perform a somersault stage dive into the audience.
The party has only just stopped rolling in Kenya, host city to the Awards after the joyous celebration of African music and culture wrapped up and rolled out of town. The MAMAs show was celebrated in style by artists celebrities and music fans at a series of parties in Kenya before and after the show. The hottest parties were at the Blue Times and The Loft on Saturday 10 October and at Blue Times on Friday 9 October where Wyclef Jean leapt on stage for an impromptu live performance alongside artists from around the continent.
Behind-the-scenes footage, red carpet fashion, winners’ reactions, gossip and chat from the MAMAs will also feature in What Went Down premiering on DStv on 7 November at 20:00 CAT.
The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain will air on DStv and MTV partner networks AIT (Nigeria), STV (Nigeria), CTV (Kenya), WBS (Uganda), TBC1 (Tanzania), TV3 (Ghana), ZNBC (Zambia), RTGA (DRC) and SLBS (Sierra Leone) from 17 October 2009; it will also air on MTVNHD, MTV Network International’s high definition TV service which launched in September 2008, and which is currently available in 21 countries worldwide (Argentina, Belgium, Caribbean Islands, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela, Uruguay, UK & Ireland).
The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain premieres in sub-Saharan Africa at the following times and dates:
DStv: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Comores, Congo West, Cote D’ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Sierre Leone,
South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe 17 October 19.00 CAT
WBS: Uganda 18 October 17.00
TBC 1: Tanzania 18 October 19.30
CTV: Kenya 18 October 21.40
TV3: Ghana 18 October 22.00
ZNBC: Zambia 18 October 22.15
AIT: Nigeria 18 October 22.30
STV: Nigeria 18 October 23.00
RTGA: DRC 25 October 16.00
LMTV: Cameroon 25 October TBC
ORTN: Niger 25 October TBC
SLBS: Sierra Leone 25 October TBC
TV+: Gabon 25 October TBC
MBC: Mauritius 25 October TBC
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