Victoria Santa Cruz (1922 – 2014), was an Afro-Peruvian choreographer, composer, costume designer, researcher, and activist known as “the mother of Afro-Peruvian dance and theatre”(Victoria Santa Cruz, 2021).

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McFerren, Z. (2020, October 2020). Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra (1922-2014). Black Past. https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/victoria-eugenia-santa-cruz-gamarra-1922-2014/

Ministerio de Cultura (2014, August 30). Victoria Santa Cruz Gamarra, cultora e investigadora del arte y el folclore Afroperuano. Gobierno del Perú. https://www.gob.pe/institucion/cultura/noticias/46908-victoria-santa-cruz-gamarra-cultora-e-investigadora-del-arte-y-el-folclore-afroperuano

Tompkins, W. D. (2011). Las tradiciones musicales de los negros de la costa del Perú (1. en español. ed.). CEMDUC.

Victoria Santa Cruz (2021, November 16). In Wikipedia. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Santa_Cruz