About Wilma and Sambapita

When I arrived in Portugal, I felt like a safe space was missing.

I'm Wilma. I spent ten years in marketing and luxury before turning that eye for detail into a question of my own: where do Black women in Portugal find each other?

We started as a travel brand: city guides, group trips, curated routes through Portugal and beyond.

What we found along the way surprised us. Women weren't just looking for somewhere to go. They were looking for somewhere to land.

So we listened. The trips became gatherings, the guides became a community, and the women who came to our first event kept coming back, not just for what we planned, but for who else was in the room.

That's what Sambapita is today: the home for Black women in Portugal. You don't have to explain who you are. You come as a guest and leave with your people.