Adão Dãxalebaradã (1955–2004) was a Brazilian singer and actor. His work revolves around

Afro-Brazilian religions African diaspora religions are a number of related Pagan beliefs that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States. They derive from Pagan traditional African religions with some influ ...

, and he composed about 500 songs on the subject. His stage name, "Xalebaradã" means "beginning, middle and end" in

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

Compositions

*Africa *Weapons & Peace *Weapons & Peace (remix) *Woa Lobi Bibi *Computer *Deus é um Negrão *Diamond *Scholasticism *Ilalaa *Luanda *Life curta *Curta Life (remix) *Life curta *Xirê 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian male actors 1955 births 2004 deaths {{Brazil-singer-stub