A musical origin story from Malawi not unlike Taylor Swift

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When musician Keturah left Monza, a remote village in Malawi, she was just 14-years-old. She was a young teen with the big dream of recording a song. It’s a musical origin story not unlike that other young prodigy who is now the biggest musician on the planet: Taylor Swift. But this is Keturah’s story.

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