Maso Awards set to honour Scorchers

Maso Awards will honour the Malawi National Women’s Football Team, the Scorchers, with the Maso National Pride Award at the sixth edition of the awards on December 12 this year at Apollo Auditorium in Blantyre.

The recognition was highlighted on Monday when organisers released the list of nominees, who will compete in 30 categories.

The nominations feature major competitive categories such as Best Artist. Best New Artist, Best Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Album, alongside genre-specific awards including Best Hip-Hop Act, Best Gospel Act, Best Trap Act and Best Dancehall Act among others.

Despite the awards’ focus being on music and the arts, organisers have extended recognition to the Scorchers, whose achievements, they say, has helped raise Malawi’s profile.

In an interview, Maso Awards public relations and communications manager Memory Msatilomo said the Scorchers have done and achieved something very remarkable which prompted them to give the team recognition.

This comes as organisers have restructured the awards, reducing the number of categories to improve the quality of the event.

Hip-hop group Dare Devils will receive the Maso Lifetime Achievement Award for their contribution to the growth of the genre in Malawi, while Mikozi will be recognised with the Maso Icon Award.

She added that Mikozi  online platform also made a significant impact on the creative industry and beyond; hence, the Maso Icon Award.

In a separate interview, Maso Awards director Augustine Mukisi said they added two new categories as part of their strategy to make the awards inclusive.

“We found it important to bring the new categories because we understand we have a lot of people who are doing commendable work and deserve recognition as well,” he said.

Mukisi said they have also introduced a mobile App which is a web based application which will be used for voting, buying tickets for the event and it will also contain all updates about the awards.

Among the nominees, 12-year-old poet Joe Charley is the youngest, while musician Casino leads with six nominations.

Voting is underway.

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