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1881, June 16 – BIRTH OF MODESTO OCAMPO

June 16th, 2011
Posted in African Descent . Bandoneon . Barrio Sur . Composers . Guitarist . Orchestras . Recordings . Uruguay . Violinist

Composer, Guitarist, Violinist (Gemini) - his paternal gandparents Agustin Ocampo and Angela Vilaza came to Argentina in leg irons; they were slaves from the Congo…although Modesto Ocampo was brought up in extreme poverty in Montevideo’s tough “Barrio Sur”, where two other tango pioneers of African descent Lagrima Rios and Carlos Olmedo also grew up, he was also given the gift [ READ MORE ]

1924, September 26 – BIRTH OF LAGRIMA RIOS

September 26th, 2010
Posted in African Descent . Barrio Sur . Libra . Uruguay

Singer (Libra) – of mixed african descent, she was born to very humble surroundings in Durazno, Uruguay…as a child she and her mother moved to ”Barrio Sur”, Montevideo the legendary black neighborhood home also to two other pioneers of tango Modesto Ocampo and Carlos Olmedo…Lagrima would recall, as a child, having met Carlos Gardel in his [ READ MORE ]

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