South African musician and Grammy Award winner Tyla took to her socials to explain why she refused to answer questions about her racial identity as a coloured woman during an interview with the Breakfast Club which aired on June 13.
She shared an Instagram story saying, “Never denied my blackness, idk where that came from… I’m mixed with black/ Zulu, irish, mauritian/indian and coloured. In South Africa i would be classified as a coloured woman and other places i would be classified as a black woman.”
She wenr on to say that she understood the weight of the word race outside of South Africa.” But to close this conversation, I’m both coloured in South Africa and a black woman..
As a woman for the culture it’s and not or…. With that being said Asambee.” This after it was reported that she did not want to engage in race conversations.
