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Mercedes Sosa

Mercedes Sosa is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America. With her roots in Argentine folk music, she became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva cancion. Sosa is greatly admired for the depth and beauty of her contralto voice. She is nicknamed "La Negra" by her fans for her long, jet-black hair. She is best known as the voice of the "voiceless ones".

Sosa was born in San Miguel de Tucuman, in the northwestern province of Argentina, of mestizo descent from French and Amerindian ...

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