Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

Taking Time to Contemplate: An Interview with Totó La Momposina

By Russ Slater 28 April, 2017

Few artists have been as responsible for elevating the folk music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – and in particular cumbia – to the world stage as Totó La Momposina. Born in 1940 to a musical family, Totó loved singing and... Read Article

Juan Gabriel Vasquez’s The Informers

By Ed Hart 11 October, 2012

The Informers by Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vasquez is a fascinating book which poses a lot of questions. The story is deceptively simple: a reversal of reputation prompted by a seemingly innocuous book which unravels more than its... Read Article