We’re back with another season of Growing up with gal-dem, and this season Charlie and Natty are joined by incredible artists, speakers, and authors for 8 episodes. In this first episode of the new series, we’re joined by the incomparable Sampa The Great, who reads a poem from 3 years before, and talks about racism in the music industry and community, how our words and power can become affected by the hurt we feel, and how we can find strength and healing in shared community.  Sampa shares how her upbringing, and movement from a majority black country to Australia affected her, and how this influenced her perception and understanding of racism, and solidarity with Indigenous Australians. You can find transcripts for past episodes of Growing up with gal-dem on our website here.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.