HIGHLIGHTS FROM MTV MAMA AWARDS 2016

Full winners list #Mtvmama2016

WIZKID, Yemi Alade, Emtee, Patoranking, Tekno, Others Win Big.

2016 MTV Africa Music Awards Winners:

Artist of the Year: Wizkid (Nigeria)
Best Female: Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Best Male: Wizkid (Nigeria)
Best Group: Sauti Sol (Kenya)
Best Breakthrough Act: Tekno (Nigeria)
Best Live Act:  Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Best Hip Hop in association with MTN: Emtee (South Africa)
Song of the Year in partnership with Google: “My Woman, My Everything” Patoranking feat. Wande Coal (Nigeria)
Listener’s Choice: Jah Prayzah (Zimbabwe)
Video of the Year:  “Niquer Ma Vie” - Youssoupha (Congo) - Director: Antony Abdelli & Jose Eon
Best Pop & Alternative: Shekhinah & Kyle Deutsch (South Africa)
Best Francophone: Serge Beynaud (Ivory Coast)
Best Lusophone: C4 Pedro (Angola)
Personality of the Year in association with DSTV:  Caster Semenya (South Africa)
Legend Award: Hugh Masekela
Best Collaboration in partnership with ABSOLUT: DJ Maphorisa feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz - "Soweto Baby" (South Africa/Nigeria) 
Africa Reimagined: Vivian Onano and Mary Taedzerwa
Best International: Drake (USA)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Thousands Of Mourners Line The Streets Of South Africa To Pay Their Final Respect To The Former President Of South Africa Nelson Mandela

Thousands of mourners line the Streets of South Africa to pay their final respect to the former President Of South Africa Nelson Mandela. They looked on as his hearse with the coffin wrapped in the South African flag drove by from hospital to the government's Union Buildings where it will lie in state for three days.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell wept when she joined mourners viewing Nelson Mandela's casket as the great former president of South Africa lies in state in the country's capital Pretoria.

This morning Mandela's grandson Mandla visited the open casket of his grandfather, followed by his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and third wife Graca Machel, as well as South Africa's current president Jacob Zuma.

Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe also joined the crowds at the viewing.

Winnie Mandela was dressed in black as she went to see the casket of her ex-husband -

Saying goodbye: Ms Machel touches her husband's casket as junior naval officers stand guard

U2 singer Bono was another visitor to the site, as well as world leaders such as Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapaksa and South African dictator Robert Mugabe. F.W. de Klerk, Mandela's deputy, also paid tribute to the global icon.

Sombre: Bono went to pay his respects to the late leader along with his wife Ali Hewson, left, and Mandela's former assistant Zelda le Grange, right

 

Via: Daily Mail

Nelson Mandela memorial: Thousands attend Johannesburg service

People from all walks of life including world leaders, religious leaders and celebrities headed to Johannesburg South Africa for the memorial service of former South African leader and Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela.
The official memorial service for Nelson Mandela is being held at the 90,000 capacity FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, also known as the Soccer City stadium, the site of the 2010 World Cup final.

After the service, Mr Mandela's body will then lie in state in an open casket for three days at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the seat of the South African government, where it will be viewed by citizens and selected international visitors and guests.

Check out the pictures from proceedings.

Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel arrives for the memorial service.

A woman holds the official programme for the memorial service.

David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Sir John Major arrive at the stadium for the memorial.

The stadium holds 90,000 people and more are expected to watch from outside.

South Africans salute Mr Mandela's legacy.

A newspaper carries a picture of Mr Mandela on its front page.

A mourner shelters from the rain under a Mandela flag.

The 95-year-old died last Thursday at his home in Johannesburg.

People kiss images of the former South African president.

South Africans dance and sing outside the stadium