Essence Magazine:
By Cierra Black ·Updated January 19, 2025
Samuel Boakye finds purpose in synthesizing the creativity of diasporic culture. It’s how he makes sense of the world. His early musical influences, Teddy Pendergrass and Fela Kuti, and his father’s affinity for the global Black musical tradition shaped Boakye’s appreciation for the diaspora’s expansive art >African and Black American culture. Inside the home, he was immersed in the rich culture of his family’s homeland,
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