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After centuries of silence, Afro-Colombians add their distinct voices to pop culture

By Dalia Razo

INDY Week | November 22, 2013

"More than for us as artists, it's for the people of Chocó. To be able to tell the people in the world that Colombia is much more than cocaine, than marijuana and coffee and violence, right?"

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