Sauti Sol is this year’s Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The Kenyan Afro pop group is the first Kenyan act ever to receive this award, validating both them and Kenyan music as a force to reckon with globally.
They beat other African artistes — Davido (Nigeria), Diamond (Tanzania), Toofan (Togo) and Goldfish (South Africa) — and are now the sole African ambassadors at EMA.
They have made it into the final voting phase, the prestigious Worldwide Act Award category, as one of 10 international Worldwide Act nominees.
But there is still a ways to go. To win in the Worldwide Act category, fans will have to vote from today until next Wednesday.
If Sauti Sol does win, that announcement will be made in Glasgow, Scotland, at a live show on November 9, 2014, hosted by rapper Nicki Minaj.
The boys at Sauti Sol are no strangers to winning or to international recognition, having been nominated for the Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, the UK’s BEFFTA Awards and others. Previous winners of Best African Act have included 2Face (2005), Freshlyground (2006), D’Banj (2007 & 2012) and LCNVL (2013).
Source: Daily Nation
