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By Citizen Reporter

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All the MTV Africa Music Awards winners

After sweeping the South African Music Awards earlier this year, Mafikizolo took it a step further by taking home two awards at the MTV Music Awards on Saturday night.


The local duo took home Best Song of the Year and Best Group while Davido from Nigeria  boasted Best Male and Artist of the Year. See our list of all the winners below:

Best New Act

Stanley Enow (Cameroon)

Best Female

Tiwa Savage(Nigeria)

Tiwa Savage on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram
Tiwa Savage on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram

Best Male

Davido (Nigeria)

Artist of the Year

Davido (Nigeria)

Nigerian artist Davido on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram
Nigerian artist Davido on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram

Song of the Year

“Khona” – Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (South Africa)

Best Live Act

Flavour (Nigeria)

Flavour on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram
Flavour on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram

Best Collaboration

“Y-tjukutja” – Uhuru Ft. Oskido, DJ Bucks, Professor and Yuri Da Cunha (South Africa/Angola)

Best HipHop

Sarkodie (Ghana)

Sarkodie on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram
Sarkodie on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, 7 June. Picture MTV Base Africa Instagram

Best Group

Mafikizolo (South Africa)

Best Alternative

Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)

Brad Klynsmith, H de Beer, Joshua Klynsmith and Jono Rich from Gangs of Ballet appear on the red carpet, 28 April 2014, at the 20th Annual South African Music Awards (SAMAs).  Picture: Alaister Russell
Brad Klynsmith, H de Beer, Joshua Klynsmith and Jono Rich from Gangs of Ballet appear on the red carpet, 28 April 2014, at the 20th Annual South African Music Awards (SAMAs). Picture: Alaister Russell

Best Lusophone

Anselmo Ralph (Angola)

Best Francophone

Toofan (Togo)

Personality of the Year

Lupita Nyong’o

In a picture taken October 21, 2013, Lupita Nyong'o arrives for the the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California
In a picture taken October 21, 2013, Lupita Nyong’o arrives for the the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California

Transform Today

Clarence Peters

Best Video

Clarence Peters (Nigeria)

 

Best Pop

Goldfish (South Africa)

 

Best International 

Pharrell

 

MTV Base Leadership Award 

Ashish J. Thakkar (Tanzania)

 

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