Totó La Momposina

Totó la Momposina, a Colombian who sings traditional Colombian songs mixing indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She comes from Mompos island in the north of the country. She released her 1993 album "La Candela Viva"

Totó la Momposina, a Colombian who sings traditional Colombian songs mixing indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She comes from Mompos island in the north of the country. She released her 1993 album "La Candela Viva" on Peter Gabriel's RealWorld label.

Totó is from the fourth generation of her family to be involved with music, and her children are following in the tradition.