Zimbabwean Child Rights Activist Mary Taedzerwa wrote her own piece of history at the recently held MTV Africa Music Awards as she was honoured with the Africa Reimagined Award.

She was honoured together with another youth activist Vivian Onano from Kenya.

The Africa Reimagined Award is a category honouring individuals reshaping the narrative around Africa.

Mary Taedzerwa has been working with Plan International as an advocate to end early child marriage in Zimbabwe herself being a victim of it after marrying at the age of 15.

Read: The one Moment from IDOLS That Got Us All Shocked