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Eva Ayllón
Eva Ayllón
Peruvian composer and singer
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Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles
band
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Los Super Seven
Los Super Seven
American supergroup
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Tomatito
Tomatito
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Ivy Queen
Ivy Queen
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ChocQuibTown
ChocQuibTown
Colombian hip-hop group
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Marta Gómez
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Simón Díaz
Simón Díaz
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Eliane Elias
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Celia Cruz
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Robby Ameen
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Calle 13
Calle 13
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Laura Pausini
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Chucho Valdés
Chucho Valdés
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14
Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa
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Novalima
Novalima
Peruvian Electronica band
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Marília Mendonça
Marília Mendonça
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Vinicius Cantuária
Vinicius Cantuária
Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, and percussionist
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Vanessa da Mata
Vanessa da Mata
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19
Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade
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Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill
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Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón
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Isabel Parra
Isabel Parra
Chilean singer songwriter
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Shakira
Shakira
Colombian singer
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Eugenia León
Eugenia León
Mexican singer
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Rosalía
Rosalía
Spanish singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress and model
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Lila Downs
Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter
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Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
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Ana Bárbara
Ana Bárbara
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Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Susana Baca
Peruvian singer, songwriter and politician

Susana Baca

Intro
Peruvian singer, songwriter and politician
Record Labels
Awards Received
Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
News

Susana Esther Baca de la Colina (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈsana ˈβaka]; 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 Afro-Peruvian cabinet minister in the history of independent Peru.

In November 2011 she was elected to the Organization of American States (OAS) as the President of the Commission of Culture for the period 2011–13.