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Sa'ra Charismata

Sa'ra Charismata
Sa'ra Charismata at a recording studio in Stockholm, Sweden.
Background information
Born (1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 (age 31)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres Protest Pop, Punk, Indie Pop, Hip Hop
Occupation(s) Singer · Songwriter ·Spiritual activist
Instruments Vocals · Guitar
Labels Virgin Records Sweden

Sara Haile (born May 16, 1986), better known by her stage name Sa'ra Charismata, is a Swedish-Eritrean singer, songwriter, and spiritual activist.

Sa'ra Charismata's story begins as her parents fled the raging conflict in 1970s Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, finding sanctuary in Sweden where she was born and raised. Growing up across three continents, Sa'ra Charismata devoted her adolescent years addressing challenging issues pertaining to racial, economic and gender inequalities through music, field activism and legal practice, primarily in the The United States.

Charismata began her music career in 2004 while she attended college at the University of Northern Colorado. In college, Charismata spearheaded the campus organization The Summit Organizing Committee on Social Justice and Diversity (SOC) and during that time her music was mainly acoustic and political in nature. After college, Charismata intended to continue her political career so she attended law school at Fordham University School of Law in New York City. However, in 2013, once she had earned her Juris Doctor degree, Charismata left the legal field to fully pursue a career in music instead. In 2015, Charismata gave a TEDx talk where she spoke of her journey going from the legal field to fully embracing a career in music.

Having spent the majority of her artist career as an independent artist, in 2015, Charismata signed a record deal with Virgin Records Sweden after she independently released "Mushroom," her most popular song yet, gaining the attention of radio and record label executives in Sweden. In her song "Mushroom," a high-energy punk-pop tune, Charismata uses references to Super Mario Brothers characters like Koopa Troopa to draw comparison to the current social order and political climate, begging the question, who is really in control?

In 2014, Charismata was nominated Rookie Artist of the Year at the Denniz Pop Awards alongside Tove Lo and listed as "a name to watch for" by Sweden's leading music journalist Jan Gradvall.


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