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Santa Cruz was born in La Victoria District, Lima, Peru, to Nicomedes Santa Cruz Aparicio and Victoria Gamarra Ramírez, and was the ninth of ten siblings.After his schooling, it was decided that he would work as a blacksmith, which he did until 1956 when he left his workshop and traveled throughout Peru and Latin America, composing and reciting his poems.
Sep 29, 2011 · On February 5, 1992, Nicomedes Santa Cruz died at the age of 66. The most important black intellectual in twentieth-century Peru died away from home. His work and legacy, despite some important recent efforts, remain unknown for most Peruvians. A man of commitment and courage, of immense talent and creativity, of sincere dedication to the cause ...
Jul 28, 2021 · Born in 1925 into a family of 10 children that included artists and musicians and raised in the La Victoria district of Lima, Peru, Santa Cruz’s father, Nicomedes Santa Cruz Aparicio, was a ...
- Mildred Europa Taylor
Nicomedes Santa Cruz (1925-1992) is notably one of the most important Afro-Peruvian poets of the twentieth century. He is the best representative of negritude in Peru by being the first poet in treating blackness from an Afro-centric perspective highlighting the important and unmistakable participation of the Afro-Peruvian in the shaping of national history.
- Martha Ojeda
- 2011
Jun 12, 2013 · In Peru, it was the poetry and music of Nicomedes Santa Cruz that led to the recognition of Afro-Peruvians and their culture. Santa Cruz didn’t face as much persecution as Gil, Veloso, or Jara because of his music, but his impact on his homeland was just as pertinent as any of theirs. Born in 1925 and raised in the La Victoria district of ...
Negritude as a Mission. For Santa Cruz, Negritude in Peru was a mission to continue historical struggles against the remnants of colonial systems of ethnic oppression and against current capitalist exploitation. The proclamation of political independence from Spain (1821) promised the freedom, equality and solidarity for all Peruvian people.
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Jun 20, 2019 · Nicomedes Santa Cruz (1925-1992) Born in Lima in 1925, Nicomedes Santa Cruz, a factory worker at the time, became a decimista after meeting Don Porfirio Vázquez, that great patriarch of black folklore, in 1945. No longer in force in Spain, the décima ’s internal rhythm and links to music and performance operated as an oral mnemonic ...
