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Rema and Selena Gomez accept the Best Afrobeats award for "Calm Down" from Tiffany Haddish onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.

Rema and Selena Gomez accept the Best Afrobeats award for "Calm Down" from Tiffany Haddish onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.

Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV.

The Top 10 African Cultural Moments of 2023

From South Africa winning the Rugby World Cup for a fourth time to Burna Boy playing at an iconic New York City stadium, here are the stand-out moments from this past year.