MTV MAMA Awards Postponed, Uganda in Worry of Loosing Out On the Chance

MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) that were set to be hosted in Kampala this month, Februaru have been postponed indefinitely as confirmed by the organizers after a number of Ugandans campaigning against them.

MTV Base Africa made the announcement on Twitter, giving no reasons as to why such a decision has been passed.

The awards have been fought by Bobi Wine’s bankrollers Jeffrey Smith and Robert Amsterdam recently, asking the organizers to reconsider the event altogether.

MTV Base is postponing the 2021 MTV Africa Music Awards. We will keep fans updated as we have more news.

“By holding a global awards show in partnership with #Uganda’s dictatorship, @MTVBaseAfrica. will not only be lending itself to whitewashing the regime’s crimes but also implicate all nominated artists,” Jeffrey Smith posted.

Thank you @MTVBaseAfrica for postponing the #MTVMAMA's in light of realities in #Uganda. This took courage. Importantly, big platforms and corporations must think twice before partnering with dictatorships. Stand on the side of the people, not their oppressors. Let's keep going💪

— Jeffrey Smith (@Smith_JeffreyT) February 4, 2021