As popstar Tyla has shot to international fame, her identity as a coloured South African has sparked a debate over racial identity and self-identification in Black spaces. Tyla Laura Seethal, a 21-year-old from Johannesburg, is of Indian, Zulu, Mauritian and Irish descent. But some South Africans were outraged when a user on X, formerly Twitter,…
As popstar Tyla has shot to international fame, her identity as a coloured South African has sparked a debate over racial identity and self-identification in Black spaces. Tyla Laura Seethal, a 21-year-old from Johannesburg, is of Indian, Zulu, Mauritian and Irish descent. But some South Africans were outraged when a user on X, formerly Twitter,…