MAMA 2010 WINNERS IN FULL

Best Anglophone - Daddy Owen (Kenya)

Best Francophone - Fally Ipupa (DRC)

Best Lusophone - Cabo Snoop (Angola)

Artist of the Year- 2Face (Nigeria)

Best Female - Sasha (Nigeria)Best Male - 2Face (Nigeria)

Best Video - Fally Ipupa (DRC): “Sexy Dance”

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).

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The prestigious Best International act was received by Eminem who accepted the award via satellite from the USA. The MAMA Legend award, won by the late, great Miriam Makeba, was presented by Public Enemy founder and hip hop pioneer Chuck D

Cabo Snoop created music history for Angola by becoming the first ever Angolan winner at MAMA 2010, he walked away with Best Lusophone act. While the introductory Best Anglophone award was won by Daddy Owen,who is a Kenyan Gospel artist – this was the first time a gospel artist has won a MAMA.People made history in Lagos

South Africa was well represented by Song of the Year winners Liquideep for their impressively well written ‘Fairytale’. There was a new category added to the MAMA mix "Best Performance" which was won also by South AFrican trio, Big Nuz....

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.

Among the performers at the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards with Airtel were: 2Face (Nigeria), Banky W (Nigeria), Barbara Kanam (DRC), Big Nuz (South Africa), Cabo Snoop (Angola), Daddy Owen (Kenya), Diamond (Tanzania), Eve (USA), Fally Ipupa (DRC), J. Martins (Nigeria), Jozi (South Africa), Liquideep (South Africa), Lizha James (Mozambique), Mo Cheddah (Nigeria), Paul G (Angola), P-Unit (Kenya), Public Enemy (USA), Radio & Weasel (Uganda), Rick Ross (USA), Sarkodie (Ghana), Sasha (Nigeria), T-Pain (USA), Teargas (South Africa), The Parlotones (South Africa), Wande Coal (Nigeria).

Guest presenters and celebrity guests included Ba Ponga, Dama do Bling, Lizha James, Daniel Amokachi, Oluchi, Julius Agwu, Genevieve Nnaji, Muthoni, Nneka, MTV VJs Vanessa Mdee & Sizwe Dhlomo, Tatiana, JoJo and fashion designer Lisa Foluniyo.