MTV MAMA NOMINATION || Davido, Mafikizolo and Uhuru Dominate

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The 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards nominees were announced last night (April 17) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The awards, which last took place in 2008, are a celebration of some of the continent’s finest talent! Nigeria’s Davido and South Africa’s Uhuru and Mafikizolo all received for nominations and will be competing for Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Artist of the Year.

Then awards will take place on June 7 in Durban, South Africa. Check out the full list of nominees below.

Mafikizolo

Best Male:
 Anselmo Ralph (Angola)
 Davido (Nigeria)
 Diamond (Tanzania)
 Donald (South Africa)
 Wizkid (Nigeria)

Best Female:
 Arielle T (Gabon)
 Chidinma (Nigeria)
 DJ C’ndo (South Africa)
 Efya (Ghana)
 Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)

Best Group:
 Big Nuz (South Africa)
 Mafikizolo (South Africa)
 Mi Casa (South Africa)
 P Square (Nigeria)
 Sauti Sol (Kenya)

Best New Act: 

 Burna Boy (Nigeria)
 Heavy K (South Africa)
 Phyno (Nigeria)
 Stanley Enow (Cameroon)
 Uhuru (South Africa)

Best Live Act:
 2face (Nigeria)
 Fally Ipupa (DRC)
 Flavour (Nigeria)
 Dr Malinga (South Africa)
 Zakes Bantwini (South Africa)

Best Collaboration: 

 Amani ft Radio and Weasel – ‘Kiboko Changu’ (Kenya/Uganda)

 Diamond feat Davido – ‘Number One’ (Remix) (Tanzania/Nigeria)
 Mafikizolo feat May D – ‘Happiness’ (South Africa/Nigeria)
 R2bees feat Wizkid – ‘Slow Down’ (Ghana/Nigeria)
 Uhuru feat DJ Buckz, Oskido, Professor, Yuri Da Cunha – ‘Y-tjukutja’ (South Africa/Angola)



Artist of the Year:
 Davido (Nigeria)
 Mafikizolo (South Africa)
 Mi Casa (South Africa)
 P Square (Nigeria)
 Uhuru (South Africa)

Song of the Year:
 Davido- ‘Skelewu’ (Nigeria)
 DJ Clock feat Beatenberg – ‘Pluto’ (Remember Me) (South Africa)

 DJ Ganyani feat FB – ‘Xigubu’ (South Africa)
 DJ Kent feat The Arrows –‘Spin My World Around’ (South Africa)
 Dr Sid feat Don Jazzy – ‘Surulere’ (Nigeria)
 KCee – ‘Limpopo’ (Nigeria)
 Mafikizolo feat Uhuru ‘Khona’ (South Africa)
 Mi Casa- ‘Jika’ (South Africa)
 P Square – ‘Personally’ (Nigeria)
 Yuri Da Cunha -‘Atchu Tchu Tcha’ (Angola)

Best Hip Hop:
 AKA (South Africa)
 Ice Prince (Nigeria)
 Khuli Chana (South Africa)
 Olamide (Nigeria)
 Sarkodie (Ghana)

Best Pop: 
 Danny K (South Africa)
 Fuse ODG (Ghana)
 Goldfish (South Africa)
 LCNVL (South Africa)
 Matthew Mole (South Africa)

Best Alternative:
 Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)
 Michael Loman (South Africa)
 Nakhane Toure (South Africa)
 Parlotones (South Africa)
 Shortstraw (South Africa)

Best Francophone:
 Arielle T (Gabon)
 Espoir 2000 (Ivory Coast)
 Ferre Gola (DRC)
 Toofan (Togo)
 Youssoupha (Congo)

Best Lusophone:
 Anselmo Ralph (Angola)
 JD (Angola)
 Lizha James (Mozambique)
 Nelson Freitas (Cape Verde)
 Yuri Da Cunha (Angola)

Personality of the Year:
 Chimamanda Adiche – Writer (Nigeria)
 Omotola Jalade Ekeinde – Actress (Nigeria)
 Trevor Noah- Comedian (South Africa)
 Lupita Nyong’o - Actress (Kenya)
 Yaya Toure – Soccer Player (Cote d’Ivoire)

Transform Today by Absolut:
 Anisa Mpungwe (Tanzania)
 Clarence Peters (Nigeria)
 Leti Arts (Ghana)
 Rasty (South Africa)
Voting for the MTV Africa Music Awards is open at www.mtvbase.com from 16 April 2014 until midnight on 4 June 2014.