Amélia Muge

	Amélia Muge Amélia Muge (full name is Maria Amélia Salazar Muge, born 1952) is a Mozambique-born Portuguese singer, instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist.Sandra Ponzanesi, Daniela Merolla, ''Migrant Cartographies: new cultural and literary spaces in post-colonial Europe'', p. 32. She is noted for her fado voice and poetic lyrics. Discography * ''Múgica'' (UPAV, 1992) * ''Todos os Dias'' (Sony, 1994) * ''Maio Maduro Maio'' - with João Afonso and José Mário Branco José Mário Branco (25 May 1942 – 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. Biography José Mário Branco was born in Porto, the son of primary school teachers, and became politically involved in the ... (Sony, 1995) * ''Taco a taco'' (Polygram, 1998) * ''Novas vos Trago'' (1998) * ''A Monte'' ( Vachier, 2002) * ''Não Sou Daqui'' ( Vachier, 2007) * ''Uma Autora, 202 Canções'' (Character Ediora, 2009) * ''Periplus'' (2012) References 1952 births Living people Moza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the south and southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte, and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo. Between the 7th and 11th centuries, a series of Swahili port towns developed on that area, which contributed to the development of a distinct Swahili culture and dialect. In the late medieval period, these towns were frequented by traders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and India. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked the arrival of the Portuguese Empire, Portuguese, who began a gradual process of colonisation and settlement in 1505. After over four centuries of Portuguese Mozambique, Portuguese rule, Mozambique Mozambican War of Indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fado Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But even that information was frequently modified within the generational transmission process that made it reach us today." Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sense of resignation, fate and melancholy. This is loosely captured by the Portuguese language, Portuguese word ''saudade'', or longing, symbolizing a feeling of loss (a permanent, irreparable loss and its consequent lifelon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	João Afonso (musician) João Afonso may refer to * João Afonso (singer) (1965, :pt:João Afonso) Mozambique-born Portuguese singer * João Afonso (footballer, born 1982) Portuguese footballer for Belenenses * João Afonso (footballer, born 1990) Portuguese footballer for Córdoba CF João Afonso Crispim João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the s ... (born 1995), Brazilian footballer for Gil Vicente {{hndis, Afonso, João ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	José Mário Branco José Mário Branco (25 May 1942 – 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. Biography José Mário Branco was born in Porto, the son of primary school teachers, and became politically involved in the early 1960s. This political activity during the dictatorship in Portugal and his opposition to the colonial war led him to seek exile in France in 1963. There he would eventually meet and collaborate with musicians such as Sérgio Godinho and Zeca Afonso, whose records he produced and recorded at the Château d'Hérouville studios. After the 1974 revolution Branco returned to Portugal and was the founder of the music ensemble GAC – Grupo de Acção Cultural. He composed a number of music scores for theatre plays. Branco died of a stroke on 19 November 2019 at the age of 77. Discography * '' Seis cantigas de Amigo'' (EP, Arquivos Sonoros Portugueses, 1967) EP * '' Ronda do Soldadinho'' (Single, Ed. Autor, 1969) Single * '' Mudam- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1952 Births Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, South Africa, Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan and Dominion of Ceylon, Ceylon. The princess, who is on a visit to Kenya when she hears of the death of her father, King George VI, aged 56, takes the regnal name Elizabeth II. In the United States, a Artificial heart, mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient. February 7 – New York City announces its first crosswalk devices to be installed. February 14–February 25, 25 – The 1952 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics are held in Oslo, Norway. * February 15 – The State Funeral of King Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]