Sarkodie Nominated For 2012 MOBO Awards

Award winning Ghanaian Hiplife artist Sarkodie has been nominated in the Best African Act category of the 17th edition of the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards slated for November.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best UK Female Emeli Sandé Rita Ora Jessie J Jessie Ware Rebecca Ferguson Tulisa

Best Newcomer Delilah Stooshe Angel Rudimental Lianne La Havas AlunaGeorge Conor Maynard Jessie Ware Misha B Rita Ora

Best UK Male Labrinth Ed Sheeran Plan B Professor Green Wiley Rizzle Kicks

Best Video Emeli Sandé – ‘My Kind Of Love’ JLS – ‘Do You Feel What I Feel’ Plan B – ‘Ill Manors’ Rizzle Kicks – ‘Mama Do The Hump’ Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah – ‘R.I.P.’

Best Hip-Hop/Grime Devlin Plan B Professor Green Wiley Wretch 32

Best Album Ed Sheeran – + Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events Labrinth – Electronic Earth Plan B – Ill Manors Rita Ora – Ora

Best R&B/Soul Act Angel Emeli Sandé Labrinth Maverick Sabre Rebecca Ferguson

Best International Act Azealia Banks Beyoncé Drake Jay Z and Kanye West Frank Ocean Nas Nicki Minaj Ne-Yo Rick Ross Rihanna

Best Song Ed Sheeran – ‘Lego House’ Emeli Sandé – ‘Next To Me’ Plan B – ‘Ill Manors’ Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah – ‘Earthquake’ Michael Kiwanuka – ‘I’ll Get Along’

Best African Act Fatoumata Diawara P Square The Very Best Spoek Mathambo D’Banj Fally Ipupa Sarkodi Cabo Snoop Camp Mulla Amadou and Mariam

Best Reggae Act Popcaan Sean Paul Konshens Damian Marley Mr. Vegas

Best Jazz Act Ayanna Witter-Johnson Femi Temowo Zara Mcfarlane Roller Trio Zoe Rahman Best Gospel Act V9 Collective Rachel Kerr Ni-Cola Ram1 El Mafre