Best Of

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In this Best of, we find seventeen hits by the barefoot singer Cesaria Evora, composed by the greatest authors of Cape Verde: “Mar Azul” by Malaquias, violinist and barber, a characteristic figure of the archipelago, “Sodade” by Amandio Cabral and Luis Morais, which evoked forced labor to Sao Tomé, organized after the abolition of slavery to supply plantation labor. “Cize” is a love song by the trumpeter Morgadinho, who became Cesaria’s nickname, and “Miss Perfumado” is a song composed by one of the archipelago’s most famous morna composers, B. Leza...