2024-02-17 09:36:53
Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca was taken to hospital in serious condition
The famous Peruvian singer Susana Baca, winner of three Latin Grammy Awards, who was Minister of Culture, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Lima hospital, according to what her family reported on Friday.
Her husband, Ricardo Pereira, said on Instagram, “Susanetta is in a very delicate condition, and she is in the intensive care unit at the Edgardo Ribagliati Hospital, where the medical staff is doing everything in their power to recover her.” He added that the 79-year-old singer “suffers from advanced age and new unexpected diseases,” without adding further details.
Her latest album, “Epiphanius,” was nominated in the “Best World Music Album” category at the American Grammy Awards that were distributed this month. Baka is popular in the United States and Europe.
It won three Latin Grammy Awards, which reward the best albums and artists from Latin America. It won two awards in the category of “Best Popular Music Album” in 2002 with the album “Lamento Negro,” and in 2020 with the album “A Capella.” As for the third award, she won in 2011 for the song “Latino America,” in which she collaborated with the band “Calle 13.”
Susana Baca served as Peru’s Minister of Culture in 2011, thus becoming the first person of African descent to be appointed to a ministerial position.
(AFP)
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