MTV Africa Music Awards heading to Durban

Singer Wyclef Jean, who was one of the attendees of a previous MTV Africa Music Awards ceremony.
Image by: Gareth Cattermole

The ceremony will be held in the coastal city come June 7, at the ICC.
Eligible music videos must have been released between March 20 last year, to March 19 this year.
Alex Okosi, the MD of MTV Networks Africa, said: "We've been working at it for a while now [organising a follow-up to 2010's show].

"This is an incredible platform for our talent and an incredible opportunity for us- with all the networks we go out to- a billion people have a chance to see it."

It's another major fillip for the city, what with the Metro FM Awards and Royalty Soapie Awards recently being staged here, and the Top Gear Festival returning yet again to Moses Mabhida Stadium in June.

The music awards were started in 2008, with the inaugural ceremony held in Abuja, Nigeria. They were launched with an aim to celebrate contemporary African and international genres including Hip Hop, Hip Life, R&B, Afro Pop, Afro House, Kwaito, Boomba, Bongo Flava, Coupé Décalé, Dancehall, Soul and Rock.

The following year, the ceremony was moved to Nairobi, Kenya, with performances from musicia
ns including 2Face (Nigeria), Brickz (South Africa), Da LES (South Africa), D’Banj (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (DRC), HHP (South Africa), and Lizha James (Mozambique), and even Wyclef Jean and Akon. cont