The Sankara duo was born in 2009 between the halls of the University of Chile and on a trip to Patagonia. Formed by the charanguista Fernanda Mosqueda and the guitarist Felipe Valdés, Sankara has a focus on Latin American root music of written and popular oral tradition as well as their own compositions.  Both Mosqueda and Valdés are promoters of the meeting of charango players "De charango y otros Hierbas" and are teachers and founders together with other musicians of the Merkén Popular Workshop.