Manuel d' Novas (February 24, 1938 — September 28, 2009) was a
Cape Verde
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an poet and composer.
Biography
Manuel Jesus Lopes was born in Penha da França, one of the neighbourhoods of
Ribeira Grande on the island of
Santo Antão, he became one of the most important poets and composers of Cape Verde. His music is known all over the world, through performers like
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album '' Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without ...
,
Bana and others. He lived in
Mindelo on the island of
São Vicente. He visited 35
Rua de Moeda
Rua means 'street' in Portuguese and Galician language, and is the number 'two' in several Polynesian languages. It may refer to:
Music
*Rua (band), a New Zealand Celtic fusion band
* ''Rua'' (Clann Zú album), 2003
* ''Rua'' (Moana and the Moah ...
where other Cape Verdean musicians visited including
Bana. He took part in the 2003
Baía das Gatas Music Festival. Manuel died on September 27, 2009, from a
stroke he suffered for three years that started in Portugal, after staying at the hospital named Baptista de Sousa for about a week. He was buried later in Mindelo.
Some famous poems in crioul
* ''Apocalipse''
* ''Nôs raça'', ''D. Ana'', ''Cumpade Cizóne'', ''Ess Pais''
* ''Tudo tem se limite'', ''Cumpade Ciznone''
* ''Lamento d'um emigrante''
* ''Biografia d’ um criol''
* ''Lisboa, capital di sôdade'' (done with
Rui Machado)
* Morna Morna:
**''Stranger ê um Ilusão''
* Morna-Coladeira:
**''Psú nhondenga'', ''Cmé catchorr'', ''Morte d'um Tchuc''
Discography
Recordings
*"Cumpade Ciznone" by
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album '' Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without ...
in the album ''
Miss Perfumado'' (1992)
*"Direito Di Nasce" by Cesária Évora in the album ''Miss Perfumado'' (1992)
*"Vida Tem Um So Vida" by Cesária Évora in the album ''Miss Perfumado'' (1992), together with Dany Mariano
*"Barbincor" by Cesária Évora in the album ''Miss Perfumado'' (1992)
*"Ess Pais" by Cesária Évora in the album ''
Cabo Verde'' (1997), based on his poem "Quem ca conchê Mindelo, Ca conché Cabo-Verde"
;Posthumous publications
*''
Criod de São Vicente'' (2011) - some tracks
Adaptations by other artists
*“Biografia d’ um criol’” (1979) in the album ''Djonsinho Cabral'' by the band
Os Tubarões
*"C’mê catchorr’” (1986) in the album ''Lamento de um Emigrante'' by Manecas Matos
References
Literature
* César Augusto Monteiro: Manel d'Novas:
Musica,
Vida, Caboverdianidade (2003)
External links
''Apocalipse and Ess Pais''
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1938 births
2009 deaths
20th-century poets
20th-century Cape Verdean male singers
Cape Verdean poets
Morna (music) singers
Writers in Cape Verdean Creole
People from Santo Antão, Cape Verde