Rafael Santa Cruz

Rafael Santa Cruz (29 September 1960 – 4 August 2014) was a renowned Afro-Peruvian musician and author of the book El Cajón Afroperuano on the cajón, a Peruvian instrument created from wooden boxes by slaves when their owners tried to ban the drum culture, fearing the drums would help form slave uprisings.{{cite web |author=Rachel Chase |url=http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peruvian-cajon-player-actor-rafael-santa-cruz-dies-at-53-103590 |title=Peruvian cajon player, actor Rafael Santa Cruz dies at 53 |publisher=Peru this Week |accessdate=2014-08-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812042347/http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peruvian-cajon-player-actor-rafael-santa-cruz-dies-at-53-103590 |archivedate=2014-08-12 }}