ZAMBIA’S global music sensation, Sampa the Great, says breaking into Australia’s music scene was not easy because she faced a lot of racism as one of the few Black faces in the industry. She says she survived that environment by developing a tough skin, refusing to internalise the racism and continuing to perform even when faced with such challenges. Featuring on the Nkwazi Magazine podcast, Sampa confirmed that she did experience racism in Australia as one of the few Black faces in the mainstream. “I did, a whole lot of it, in Australia. Like I said, the mainstream didn’t have a lot of Black people in it. So now we are the faces of Black people in Australia. And when...
