From heartache to hope and back again, Jahnah Camille grows

22-year-old Birmingham songwriter Jahnah Camille talks with Scalawag Music about her budding career, her creative process, and what's ahead

Camille's rising star and continued growth is an example of what music people like myself deeply appreciate, especially right now. There's a great satisfaction in following someone's journey and witnessing an artist's craft organically blossom.

Over the past few months, we've lost critical funding because we stand in solidarity with the most oppressed. We told the truth. And that makes some people uncomfortable. But we didn't build Scalawag for comfort. We built it for liberation. 

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Postscript: Abram Colby Unearthed

Last year, Scalawag published a biography of Abram Colby (1820-1872), one of Georgia's first Black legislators, whose story had been erased in the community he once served. This April, that same community erected a permanent marker honoring him outside of the county courthouse.

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