adminVerde’s legendary singer Cesaria Evora.
The beloved “Barefoot Diva” died on Saturday at age the of 70 on her native island of Sao Vicente and her body was taken from the hospital to her family’s home in Mindelo. Her fans, many in tears and singing her songs, lined the streets to see her casket pass, accompanied by 30 honour guards from the Cape Verdian army.
An official ceremony will be held on Tuesday attended by several top officials including President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves and Culture Minister Mario Lucio Sousa, himself a singer and Evora’s friend.
It was followed by a funeral mass and burial in the city cemetery. The Cape Verde government declared a 48-hour period of mourning for the singer, who Fonseca acclaimed as “a major cultural reference” for Cape Verde, an archipelago in the Atlantic off the west coast of Africa. The singer, who won international acclaim for her sultry voice and melancholy ballads, retired three months ago due to ill health, having undergone open heart surgery in May last year. – AFP.
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