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 ...

Sampa The Great has shared her take on the rise of African ... it could leave us at a point where we’re not in control of our own art.” Ultimately, Sampa expressed fearlessness in her ambition ...

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 ...

The post Rap Song of the Week: Sampa the Great Strikes Out for Herself on “Let Me Be Great” appeared first on Consequence. Like many people, Zambian-born poet and rapper Sampa the Great sought ...

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 ...

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 ...