Nu Zamrock: Sampa the Great’s hyper-personal, hyper-political new genre
On her new album, the rapper reconnects with a pioneering uncle and resurrects the cult spirit of Zamrock
Black News 
In the early 1970s, Zambia experienced a brief golden age. Freed from the British Empire and rapidly developing its rich copper mines across the country, the Southern African country was in the throes of an economic boom. It was a time of optimism and cultural vibrancy captured by ‘Zamrock’, an offshoot of psychedelic rock that mixed the influence of bands like Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix with funk and distinctly Zambian rhythms. It’s the sound of a country finding itshellip;
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