D’banj, Tiwa Savage, others for MVA awards

Nigeria’s hip hop
heavyweight, D’banj,
rising act Davido, Tiwa
Savage and Mo’
Chaddah, are among
the best of Africa’s
music acts who have
been nominated for
the 9th edition of the
annual Music Video
Awards organised by
the continent’s
foremost urban music
channel, Channel O.
The nominees list was
released last weekend,
in South Africa.
Spread across 14
categories, this year’s
Channel O Music Video
Awards is a showcase
of Original African
music– befitting to the
music channel that has
steadfastly flown the
flag for Africa’s
musicians and music
for well over a decade.
“We continue to
recognise and
acknowledge the
magnitude of African
music and musicians.
The nominations in this
year’s awards are yet
another reflection of
how Channel O is
celebrating African
musical talent. How it
keeps growing from
strength to strength
and striving to stay
Original African,” says
Leslie Kasumba,
Channel O Africa
Manager.
*D’banj
Now in its 9th year, the
Channel O Music Video
Awards is the only
public-voted annual
music video awards
show broadcast around
the continent that
exclusively features
African artists.
The annual Channel O
Music Video Awards has
grown to be the
Original African
channel’s signature
event. This year’s
awards will hold on
Saturday, 17th
November at Walter
Sisulu Square in
Kliptown, bringing the
Channel O Music Video
Awards to Soweto,
Johannesburg, South
Africa for the first time.