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Salif Keita  celebrates Montreux’s arrival in Africa, urging artists to honour their roots while embracing music as a universal language

Salif Keita: Africa’s golden voice on jazz, legacy and his love of South Africa

The Malian legend celebrates Montreux’s arrival in Africa, urging artists to honour their roots while embracing music as a universal language

South African amapiano artist Tyla at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, in the US, on 4 February, where she won the  Best African Music Performance category. Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Tyla’s identity turns on a U

The singer has caused a stir with her loud-and-proud approach to being coloured

‘She’s our baby!’: Tyla accepts the African Music Performance award at the Grammys on 4 February. Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

Tyla: Off the stage and into my heart

The Joburg singer has made a splash with her song Water and everything about her Grammy This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

Tyla’s Afropiano and R&B song Water earned the 22-year-old from Johannesburg the inaugural Best African Music Performance award on 5 February.
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South Africa’s Tyla triumphs at Grammys

Singer-songwriter brings home the award for Best African Music Performance in the category’s first year

Standby: An album of unreleased music by the late Jamaican reggae musician Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is due out soon. (Paul Bergen/Redferns)

Starting the year on the right note

Setting my musical intentions for 2024, I select four upcoming albums that made my heart race

Soul Train: South African singer Tyla’s song Water was huge this year. Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffing/Getty Images

The A-Z of 2023 for Africa

All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to run for a third term. Quelle surprise: results of the vote showed that 95% of voters were apparently in support of the changes.  Bye Bye: There were a fair few […]