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Minority & Small Business Week
Peru’s culture
minister fights to
end discrimination
(AP) — Elementary school students
serenade Susana Baca in San Luis de
Canete, a former sugar cane-milling town
where both she and Peru's slave trade are
rooted.
One girl recites a paean to Baca, and five
other children tap a complex rhythm on
boxes known as cajones, a legacy of Afri­
cans brought in chains to harvest sugar
cane in this fertile river valley. The library
of the humble school is being dedicated to
the 67-year-old diva, herself living proof
of Afro-Peruvians’ enduring struggle.
The gracious, elegant Baca is not just
Peru's best-known musician but also the
Andean country's first black Cabinet min­
ister.
She accepted the offer to join President
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Living Testimony to
Enduring Struggle
S eptem ber 21, 2011
Peru's Culture
Minister
Susana Baca
kisses a girl
during a visit
to a school in
San Luis de
Canete, Peru.
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