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Margareth Menezes
1962–
Brazil
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Margareth Menezes da Purificação (born 13 October 1962) is a Brazilian singer and politician from Salvador, Bahia. She currently serves as Minister of Culture under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Her style is considered axé but her music also steers into samba and MPB, at times drawing on African rhythms and reggae.
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