Biography

Cruz Neyla has lived most of her life in Andagoya (Chocó), planting on elevated terraces and washing other people's clothes. Her tools are a wooden table carved like an accordion, her strong hands and her voice. Single mother, very young, washed gold in the Chocó mines to raise her daughters and sons; She subsequently lived in Medellín for nine years as a domestic worker. Several years ago, she returned to Andagoya, managed to build a brick house - traditional houses are tall wooden constructions - away from the frequent floods of the San Juan River. Cruz Neyla is part of the group of praise of Andagoya to which she now proudly belongs. The ...Read More