2009 MTV Africa Music Awards Review

Wyclef Jean to host 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain

2009 MTV Africa Music Awards

2009 MTV Africa Music Awards. This event which took place in Kenya drew some A-Listers including Akon who showed up dressed in an all-white ensemble-looking suave.

The night kicked off with host Wyclef doing a tribute acapella to African nations and proceeded with performances that excited the crowd.

 Trevor Nelson who hosted last year was no match for Wyclef who took the event to new heights. He challenged Akon to a ‘power tussle’ to do 25 pushups on stage which they did. Also, he challenged Akon to join him in stripping to boxers. He strips to his black Armani boxers and Akon to his white Calvin Klein boxers keeping the audience entertained.

The event closed with 5 African countries taking all awards. Nigeria topped the charts this year still with 5 Awards, Kenya and South Africa both carried 3 each while Ghana and Congo Brazaville left with one each. Lucky Dube’s son emotionally received his late father’s Legend Award. The night closed with a tribute to Michael Jackson.

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BEST FEMALE – Amani (Kenya)

BEST MALE – Nameless (Kenya)

BEST PERFORMER – Samini (Ghana)

BEST GROUP – P Square (Nigeria)

BEST ALTERNATIVE  – Zebra and Giraffe (South Africa)

BEST HIP HOP – M.I. (Nigeria)

BEST R&B – 2FACE (Nigeria)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR – D’Banj (Nigeria)

BEST NEW ACT – M.I. (Nigeria)

BEST VIDEO – HHP (South Africa)

LEGEND AWARD – Lucky Dube (South Africa)

MY VIDEO AWARD – Patricke-Stevie Moungondo (Congo Brazzaville)

LISTENERS CHOICE AWARD – Nameless (Kenya)

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  1. I don’t think
    D’ banj worth the artist of the year when nigeria have better artist like 2face, P Square. I love mo hit’s song but D banj alone has no good song compare to P2

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