Delia Zapata Olivella (Santa Cruz of Lorica, Córdoba, 1 April 1926 – Bogota, 24 May 2001) was a Colombian dancer, choreographer, and folklorist.[1][2]
Zapata Olivella was the sister of the late Colombian author Manuel Zapata Olivella.[2]
Zapata Olivella died on 24 May 2001 of complications from malaria after a tour in Africa[3]
Bibliography
edit- "La Cumbia: Síntesis Musical de la Nación Colombiana, Reseña Histórica y Coreográfica". 1962. Revista Colombiana de Folclor III(7): 189–200.
References
edit- ^ Tompkins, Cynthia; Foster, David William (2001). Notable Twentieth-century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 295. ISBN 9780313311123. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b Appiah, Kwame Anthony (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 605. ISBN 9780195170559. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Murió bailarina colombiana Delia Zapata Olivella" [Colombian Dancer Delia Zapata Olivella Dies] (in Spanish). emol.com. 24 May 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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