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    Sampa The Great: Flowers

    Sampa The Great's deeply personal recording is fully influenced by her background. She was born in Zambia, raised in Botswana, and just four years ago relocated to Australia. It was there that she honed her idea of what she wanted to create.

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • Jan 24, 2018 • 1 min read

    Sampa The Great's deeply personal recording is fully influenced by her background. She was born in Zambia, raised in Botswana, and just four years ago relocated to Australia. It was there that she honed her idea of what she wanted to create. The perfect foil for the self-aware and spiritually minded track is "Flowers."

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      Ariana Morgenstern

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