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Cape Verde: Happy birthday to Cesária Évora

Posted 27 August 2008 20:29 GMT 1 · Written by Paula Góes

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Cape Verde, Arts & Culture, Music

João Branco ^[1] [pt] pays homage to Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora ^[2] who is 67 today. He quotes her: “I sing for pleasure, I don't believe in dreams or in destination, what makes me happy is to know I spent years of suffering for the life I have today. In Mindelo, we say that it is better to drink the poison first and then the honey. Now I'm drinking the honey”