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D'Banj Wins Best African Act at the 2007 MTV EMA

Tuesday, 06 November 2007

Nigeria’s ‘Koko Master’ D’Banj (http://www.mohitsrecords.com ) has won the Best African Act award at the 2007 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS that was screened live from Munich , Germany on November 1 on DStv.

D’banj received his Best African Award at a glittering ceremony held at the Olympia Halle, Munich . Despite intense competition from fellow contenders Samini, Jua Cali, Chameleone and HHP, D’banj was named Best African Act, receiving his trophy from MTV base VJ Sizwe Dhlomo.

The Best African Act nominees rubbed shoulders on the red carpet with the biggest and best in the contemporary music industry including Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Avril Lavigne, Foo Fighters, Mika, My Chemical Romance, Nicole Scherzinger and will.i.am – all flying into Munich for the prestigious annual awards ceremony.

Now in its 14th year, the MTV Europe Music Awards was hosted by Snoop Dogg and was aired live on MTV and MTV Base to DStv audiences across Africa . The Best African Act Award was initially created in 2005 to mark the addition of MTV base, MTV's pan-African TV channel, to the MTV global television family. The inaugural award went to Nigeria ’s 2-FACE Idibia, with South Africa ’s Freshlyground taking home the gong in 2006.

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