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Genias in Music: Petrona Martínez

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

For the closing of our series Genias in Music, celebrating the contributions of women in their fields, we go to Colombia, where Petrona Martínez became one of the most important Black singers in the country’s modern history.

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1:01.6

So I'm here with Latino USA producers, Ginny Montalbo and Patricia Sulbaran.

1:07.6

And I don't know, maybe our listeners know what's coming up now.

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So hello to the both of you.

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Hi Maria.

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Hey Maria.

1:15.0

So we are here again today is our last episode of our Hania's and Music series about the

1:21.8

lives of notable women musicians and their influential work.

1:25.7

And this time we're going to Colombia to meet another Hania.

1:29.3

Her name is Petrona Martinez and she's one of the most important black singers in Colombia.

1:36.2

And to start with, I want to play you a clip of her performing in 1998 in Bogota, Colombia's

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