As I was cruising the blogosphere over the weekend, I came across an interesting story that definitely caught me by surprise. MTV,
home to all things exploitive and pop, just held their first annual
African Music Awards in Abuja, Nigeria this past Saturday. It's a move
that could bolster more visibility for music artists on the world's
poorest continent, who often complain that there are few outlets to get
their music heard outside of Africa. The big winner over the weekend was the "KoKo M