Cesária Évora

Also known as Cesária Evora, Cesaria Evora, Cesarea Evora, Cize

Cape Verdean singer-songwriter (1941–2011)

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Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter who became one of the most internationally recognized artists from her country, known for performing traditional Cape Verdean music styles. Her career and artistry helped bring Cape Verdean music to global audiences and made her an important cultural figure in world music history.

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Appelez-moi Cize

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Acting · Mindelo, Portuguese Cape Verde

Cesária Évora 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 shoes, she was known as the "Queen of Morna".

Known for

Cesária Évora — Self2023
Looking for Cesária Évora — self2019
Kontinuasom — Self2009
Cesaria Evora: Estival Jazz Lugano — Self - vocals2007
Bernard Lavilliers Escale au Grand Rex — Self2005
Cesaria Evora: Live in Paris — Self2003
Cesaria Evora - Morna Blues — Herself2002
Cesaria Evora: Live in Paris — Self2001
Star Academy — Self2001
Vivement dimanche — Self1998

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Cape Verde
Active from: 1941
Active to: 2011

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Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 212,589
Total plays: 2,303,161

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5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“This was women’s work around the house, but I didn’t like it, so I came out when I was 13”
“The fact that I sing about love doesn’t have anything to do with my emotional life. I think I didn’t have a husband because in Cape Verde, when you have a husband, you have a child, two children, three children. Then sometimes if the man wants, he just leaves you and you have to have another man to help you, because you cannot raise those children alone. It’s hard to live like that”
“That doesn’t happen to everybody, but it’s common in Cape Verde. That’s why in Cape Verde, women are always fighting for themselves and for their children”
“Women in Cape Verde are very strong, and we have a fighting spirit.”
“I’m just a simple person. I’m not hard to understand.”
“I was born in a poor country. I was poor, but I lived all my life with what I had. I didn’t spend more than I had. Cape Verde is not the only place where there are poor people”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: cesariaevora.sapo.cv
Image: Cesária Évora 2009.jpg
Number of children: 4

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Commons category: Cesária Évora
date of birth: 1941-08-27
date of death: 2011-12-17
start of work period: 1957-00-00
name in native language: Cesária Évora
end of work period: 2011-00-00
nickname: A Diva dos Pés Descalços
social media followers: 112000
short name: Cize

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Article

Cesária Évora GCIH ( Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈzaɾiɐ ˈɛvuɾɐ]; 27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit of smoking and drinking on stage during intermissions. Évora's music has received many accolades, including a Grammy Award in 2004, and it has influenced many Cape Verde diaspora musicians as well as American pop singer Madonna. Évora is also known as Cize, the Barefoot Diva, and the Queen of Morna.

Growing up in poverty, Évora began her singing career in local bars at age sixteen. She saw relative popularity within Cape Verde over the following years, but she retired from singing when it did not provide her with enough money to care for her children. Évora returned to music in 1985, when she contributed to a women's music anthology album in Portugal. There, she met music producer José "Djô" da Silva, who signed Évora to his record label, Lusafrica. She released her debut album, La Diva Aux Pieds Nus, in 1988. Évora saw worldwide success after releasing her fourth and fifth albums: Miss Perfumado (1992) and Cesária (1995). She developed health problems in the late 2000s and died from respiratory failure and hypertension in 2011.