Afro-Peruvian

Though she had begun a career as a teacher, Ms. Baca was also singing professionally, integrating Afro-Peruvian folk into her sets.

How the Sounds of Africa Have Traveled Jim Fusilli 2011

The 67-year-old Ms. Baca has dedicated her career to celebrating Afro-Peruvian culture, not only across the span of her dozen albums, but through the founding, with her husband, sociologist Richard Pereira, of Instituto Negrocontinuo, a Cañete, Peru-based organization.

How the Sounds of Africa Have Traveled Jim Fusilli 2011

Susana Baca was a little-known Afro-Peruvian singer in a seaside barrio outside Lima when she was discovered.

Bringing the Bop Back Home Robert P. Walzer 2011

Based in Lima, the troupe was founded more than four decades ago to preserve the Afro-Peruvian music and dance traditions that blossomed after Spanish colonists brought slaves to Peru.

Performing arts reviews Post 2011

At age 20, Ms. Baca met Chabuca Granda, the Peruvian composer, poet and singer who, in the latter part of her career, embraced what was considered by some the low art of Afro-Peruvian folk music.

How the Sounds of Africa Have Traveled Jim Fusilli 2011

Ms. Baca's journey from anonymity began when Mr. Bryne saw her on a videotape of Afro-Peruvian music his Spanish teacher gave him in New York.

Bringing the Bop Back Home Robert P. Walzer 2011

The audience resisted, but Ms. Baca wouldn't be dissuaded; soon she and her husband were visiting villages in search of traditional Afro-Peruvian songs.

How the Sounds of Africa Have Traveled Jim Fusilli 2011

Ms. Baca's version of "Maria Lando," about a servant girl for whom "there is no dawn, there is no noon, there is only work for others," was the unforgettable opening salvo of the 1995 compilation "Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru" (Luaka Bop).

Born in Peru, Rooted in Africa 2010

As one corrective, in 1992, Ms. Baca and her husband, Bolivian-born sociologist Ricardo Pereira, founded the Instituto Negro Continuo (Black Continuum) in Lima, dedicated to preserving Afro-Peruvian culture

Born in Peru, Rooted in Africa 2010

For House of Waters, who incorporate Irish, Senegalese, Indian and Afro-Peruvian influences - among others - into their music, it's the key component to the "mash of sound" they hope to turn into something new.

Kerri MacDonald: Seeking Sound Underground: House of Waters Kerri MacDonald 2010