Marlon Wayans' jokes cast shadow on MAMAs
MTV Africa Music Awards host Marlon Wayans managed upset a lot of viewers.
The comedian kept on making a series of jokes at the expense of Africans – from cannibalism to the size of African women’s behinds, overshadowing talk about the actual musical performances and award winners.
The just didn’t seem to care about where he was.
Nigerian R&B artist Banky Wellington wrote on twitter: “Terrible host.”
He then moderated his opinion slightly to: “Maybe he’s not such a bad host. I’m sorry but I’m just not feeling all the constant ‘jokes about Africa’… Whatever.”
Kenyan tech expert and social activist Ory Okolloh said: “Whose dumb idea was it to have Marlon Wayans host #MTVMAMA? He has not even trying to be locally relevant. *smh*”
The full winners:
Best Male: Davido
Best Female: Tiwa Savage
Best Group: Mafikizolo
Best New Act: Stanley Enow
Best Live Act: Flavour
Best Collaboration: Y-tjukutja Uhuru ft oskido, professor, Dj bucks and your I da Cuna
Best Hip Hop: Sarkodie
Best Franchophone: Toofan
Best Lusophone: Anselmo Ralph
Artiste of the year: Davido
Song of the year: Khona Mafikizolo ft Uhuru
Personality of the year: Lupita nyongo
Transform Today award by Absolut: clearance peters
MTV base leadership award: Ashish thakkar
Video of the year: Clarence peters
Best Pop: Goldfish
Source: This is Africa