While studying at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University, Sampa the Great encountered an “intense culture shock” — one that nearly stopped a journey of self-exploration and expression ...

Sampa the Great (Sampa Tembo) is a poet and singer-songwriter. Expressing herself through music, poetry and visual art, Sampa captures listeners with thought provoking words, while encouraging people ...

It is a rebirth that has been detailed to stunning effect at recent, long-awaited performances which were fittingly billed as ‘Sampa The Great Presents An Afro Future’ – equal parts art and ...

“I finally got to be Sampa The Great at home,” she tells me ... I value womanhood and see it as such magic, and such beauty, and such art, that it would be so limiting to just define it ...

National Geographic Explorer Danielle Lee (left) with musician Sampa The Great. KHARI DOUGLAS (HOST ... and the natural world inspire their art and adventures. Today’s guest is Sampa Tembo ...

You can put your bags down. Hug your family. Be your true self. That's what Sampa The Great does on her latest album As Above So Below. Sampa The Great was born in Zambia and raised in Botswana ...

On 2019’s The Return, Zambian-born, Australian-based rapper Sampa The Great presented her manifesto of sorts, as an African woman of the world. The album placed her firmly on the spectrum as one ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Sampa the Great poses backstage at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. The singer headlines Chicago’s Thalia Hall on ...

In fact, the Zambian rapper known as Sampa the Great only recently discovered the subgenre, which was her home country’s biggest musical export in the 1970s. Its blend of psychedelic rock and ...

Last month, Zambian-Australian rapper Sampa The Great announced her upcoming sophomore album, As Above, So Below after releasing two singles, “Lane” and “Never Forget” featuring Denzel Curry.