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Cesária Évora

Cape Verde’s barefoot diva carried the bittersweet pull of morna from Mindelo to the world.

LIFE
1941–2011
COUNTRY
Cape Verde
LANGUAGES
Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese
SOUND
Morna, coladeira

A voice from Cape Verde

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