MTV Africa Music Award

E186399

African music award music award television music award

The MTV Africa Music Award is a pan-African music accolade presented by MTV to honor outstanding contemporary artists and achievements in African music.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
MTV Africa Music Award canonical	10
MTV Africa Music Awards	5
MTV Africa Music Award for Personality of the Year	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African music award ⓘ music award ⓘ television music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MAMA ⓘ MTV Africa Music Award ⓘ surface form: MTV Africa Music Awards
broadcastOn	MTV ⓘ MTV Base ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
firstAwarded	2008 ⓘ
genre	contemporary African music ⓘ
hasCategory	Artist of the Year ⓘ Best Collaboration ⓘ Best Female ⓘ Best Francophone ⓘ Best Group ⓘ Best Hip Hop ⓘ Best International Act ⓘ Best Live Act ⓘ Best Lusophone ⓘ Best Male ⓘ Best New Act ⓘ Best Pop & Alternative ⓘ Best Video ⓘ Legend Award ⓘ Listener’s Choice ⓘ Personality of the Year ⓘ Song of the Year ⓘ
hasOfficialAbbreviation	MAMA ⓘ
hasTrophyShape	stylized MTV logo ⓘ
inception	2008 ⓘ
location	Africa ⓘ
notableHostCity	Abuja ⓘ Durban ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg Lagos ⓘ
notableHostCountry	Nigeria ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
organizer	MTV Networks ⓘ surface form: MTV Networks Africa
parentOrganization	MTV Networks ⓘ
presentedBy	MTV Base ⓘ MTV Networks ⓘ surface form: MTV Networks Africa
purpose	to honor outstanding contemporary African artists ⓘ to recognize achievements in African music ⓘ
regionServed	Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
scope	pan-African ⓘ
selectionProcess	industry voting ⓘ viewer voting ⓘ
typicalCeremonyLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

D'banj → awardReceived → MTV Africa Music Award ⓘ

Tiwa Savage → awardReceived → MTV Africa Music Award ⓘ

Davido → awardReceived → MTV Africa Music Award ⓘ

Sarkodie → awardReceived → MTV Africa Music Award ⓘ

MTV award shows → includes → MTV Africa Music Award ⓘ