Susana Baca

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Lima, Peru

Susana Esther Baca de la Colina (born 24 May 1944 in Chorrillos, Lima Province, Peru) is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter, school teacher, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and three-time Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music. In July 2011, she was named Peru's Minister of Culture in the Ollanta Humala government, becoming the second…

Known for

• I Still Being — Herself2014
• Música en tiempos2013
• Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada — Susana Baca2007
• Chabuca Granda... Confidences1990
• Futbol Jarana Peruana — Female neighbor1983
• The Unconditioned Unconcealment — Narrator - Leyenda de dos jardínes1974

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Listeners

108,466

Total plays

736,460

Susana Esther Baca de la Colina (born 24 May 1944 in Chorillos, Lima, Peru) is a prominent Peruvian singer of Afro-Peruvian descent. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music within Peru (which had previously, like the culture that produced it, received little recognition there), and has contributed much to its international popularity, which began in 1995 with the release of the compilation CD The Soul of Black Peru, on which she was featured. <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Esther

Gender

female

Citizenship

Peru

Place of birth

Chorrillos District

Languages spoken

Spanish

Religion

Catholicism

Instrument

voice

Record label

Real World Records

Image

Susana baca.jpg

Voice type

contralto

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