MTV Africa has confirmed Uganda as the
official host of 2021 Mama Awards. MTV made the announcement on Wednesday and
said the event will take place on February 20, 2021. The Kampala presentation
will be the first-ever live-streamed virtual MTV Africa Awards. It will also be
the first time that the awards will be held in Uganda.
“It’s official! Africa’s biggest celebration of music is heading to Uganda. The #MTVMAMA takes place in Kampala on the 20th of February 2021,” MTV revealed in Twitter.
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Uganda's State Minister for Tourism, Godfrey
Kiwanda said the hosting of the MAMAs will be done in conjunction with the
ministry to boost the country’s tourism industry.
The MTV Africa Music Awards (also
known as the MAMAs) were established in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa (now Viacom
International Media Networks Africa) to celebrate the most popular
contemporary music in Africa. The 2008 and 2010 events took
place in Nigeria, first in Abuja and
then in Lagos. The 2009 event happened in Nairobi, capital of Kenya.
After these three initial events, the award
had a 3-year hiatus, returning only in 2014 in Durban, South Africa. The next two events were also hosted in the same
country: 2015 in Durban; 2016 in Johannesburg.