SAMMUS
Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo aka SAMMUS (she/her) is a black feminist rapper, beatmaker, and scholar from Ithaca, NY, which is located on the traditional lands of the Cayuga Nation. Her family roots lie in Côte D'Ivoire and the Congo. Since 2010 Sammus has written, produced, and recorded three full-length albums, three EPs, a beat tape, and several one-off collaborations with notable artists including Moor Mother, Open Mike Eagle, Noga Erez, Xenia Rubinos, Mega Ran, and Sadie Dupuis in addition to her collaborations with video game developers, podcasters, and filmmakers. She received her PhD in science and technology studies (STS) from Cornell University in 2019 and is currently the David S. Josephson assistant professor in music at Brown University, located within the ancestral homelands of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. She is also affiliate faculty at the Brown Arts Institute, a member of Brown’s STS steering committee, the Director of Audio at Glow Up Games, and an active member of The Keepers Hip Hop Collective.