Belinda Lima Francis, on album cover simply Belinda, is a
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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an-American singer based in
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Belinda Lima Spencer was born in the United States of parents from
São Vicente, and grew up in America, including winning Miss Black Rhode Island, then returned to Cabo Verde. In 2007 Belinda Lima was invited by the Cape Verde Embassy in Angola to perform in
Luanda
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, as part of Cape Verde-Angola cultural celebrations. In 2010 she started a musical apprenticeship program in Mindelo which has been featured several times on
Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana
The Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana is Cape Verde's first radio and television station broadcasting local programs from Cape Verde, Portugal and Brazil as well as the rest of the world especially France. It is a publicly owned company and enterprise ...
.
Discography
In 1998 she released an album of
Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole languages, Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is also called or by its native speakers. It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans and ...
language songs ''Realidade D'Amor - Music of Cabo Verde''. The track list includes: Realidade D’amor – Promessa E Conversa – Mudjer Na Sala – I Love You Anyway – This Time – Irmãos – Bida Triste – Melodia – Voz Di Coraçao.
In 2000 she released a second album of Cape Verdean Creole language songs ''Um Momento - Music of Cabo Verde''. The track list includes: Nha Vida Sem Bo – Graca Santa Maria – Caminho De Amor – Vozinha – Sai d'Nha Vida – Um Momento – Mal Inganado – Cab-Verd – Sono Divino.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Cape Verdean women singers
People from Mindelo
Singers from São Vicente, Cape Verde
American emigrants to Cape Verde
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