Tiwa Savage Becomes First Female African Artist To Bag An MTV EMA

Nigerian pop diva Tiwa Savage made history as the first female artist to win an MTV EMA Award.

The Mavin Records first lady beat competition from colleague Davido, Shehkinah (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (Congo) Destruction Boyz (South Africa) etc to emerge winner.

Tiwa Savage attended the MTV EMA awards show at Bilbao, Spain where she received her award for ‘Best African Act’.

After her historic win Tiwa Savage took to Instagram to thank God, her team, and fans.

Almighty God, you ARE so faithful. My savage soldiers you did this for us. You’ve stuck with me through the roller coasters, THANK YOU
To my amazing team, this is just the beginning.
African Woman, this is for US
I’ve been through a lot but I’ve kept my head up and weathered the storm because I know some little girl somewhere is dreaming like I did

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Congrats to the Best African Act #MTVEMA 2018 @tiwasavage #SavageSoldiers

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Almighty God, you ARE so faithful. My savage soldiers you did this for us. You’ve stuck with me through the roller coasters, THANK YOU To my amazing team, this is just the beginning. African Woman, this is for US I’ve been through a lot but I’ve kept my head up and weathered the storm because I know some little girl somewhere is dreaming like I did. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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