Musicians throng JKIA as Sauti Sol bring MAMA home – PHOTOS
Kenyan musicians flocked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Monday afternoon to welcome this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) Best Group award winners Sauti Sol.
The all-male band were welcomed back home with champagne, flowers and lots of hugs by their colleagues.
The welcoming party included musicians Nameless, his wife Wahu, Nyashinski, and Daddy Owen.
Sauti Sol had on Saturday been crowned the Best Group at the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA 2016) held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The band beat off stiff competition from Mi Casa, Navy Kenzo (Tanzania), R2Bees (Nigeria) and Toofan (Togo) to scoop one of the key categories at the world acclaimed awards.
The award capped off a successful week for Sauti Sol who were also named the Best Group at the African Muzik Magazine Awards (Afrimma) in Texas, United States.
This means a lot to Kenyan music. Let's all unite and take our music international. #SautiSolMAMAReturn #BestGroup #MAMAisHome ??? pic.twitter.com/bcDbDxt5Pb
— SAUTI SOL (@sautisol) October 24, 2016
Thank you all for the love. We couldn't have done it without you! #MAMAisHome #SautiSolMAMAReturn @mamas @MTVBaseAfrica ? pic.twitter.com/CZF9menVRu
— SAUTI SOL (@sautisol) October 24, 2016
A big S/O to all our fellow artists who came to welcome us home a few hours ago. Let's all unite and take Kenyan music international. pic.twitter.com/Szk3xRj5Iq
— SAUTI SOL (@sautisol) October 24, 2016
S/O @namelesskenya @RealShinski @daddyowenmusic @wahukagwi @amkafii for bring the parts to #JKIA #SautiSolMAMAReturn #BestGroup pic.twitter.com/XqGQOI31SL
— SAUTI SOL (@sautisol) October 24, 2016
They bought that MAMA home ?? knew my Kenyan brothers @SautiSol would be winning ? congrats to the team + @Marek_Fuchs ??#AfroBoss pic.twitter.com/TyMiAJ7rsI
— #AfroBoss (@djedu) October 24, 2016