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Fred Khumalo | Tyla, the Grammy, and what the future holds for celebrated singer

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Tyla's Grammy victory proves once again that there is no stopping her. Finally, Africa has a seat at the table of international music. We can flex our muscles now.
Tyla's Grammy victory proves once again that there is no stopping her. Finally, Africa has a seat at the table of international music. We can flex our muscles now.
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Now that the dust has settled over singer Tyla’s win at the Grammys, and that, at the tender age of 22, she has had the distinction of being one of the few artists to be mentioned by a sitting president in his state of the nation address, it is perhaps time to reflect on what this all means.

But to better appreciate how stupendous Tyla’s win is, we have to claw back to the past, to the year 1959 when the Grammys were first launched.

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