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Title: | “Des mornas dignes des meilleurs fados”: Cesária Évora and Lusosonia in Postcolonial Cape Verde |
Author: | Miguel, Ana Flávia |
Keywords: | Cesaria Evora Lusossonia Musica Morna Cabo Verde |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Abstract: | Cesária Évora (1941-2011) played an important role as the first female Cape Verdean artist to achieve commercial success worldwide. Before Cape Verde's independence in 1975, Cesária sang in local bars in Mindelo without much success beyond São Vicente island and with minimal financial returns. However, following independence, she chose to silence herself. It wasn’t until the late 1980s that her voice began to gain international recognition, primarily in France. The French National Library in Paris hosts the most comprehensive archive of documents on Cesária Évora. There we can find documents where the journalists use the word “Fado,” referring to the national genre of Portugal, to explain the Cape-Verdean musical genre Morna (immortalized by Cesária Évora) as well as moving images showing the artist holding a book of Amália Rodrigues, the famed Portuguese fado singer. The perception of a close relationship, both aesthetically and discursively, between Cape Verde and its former colonizer is evident in certain musical practices, showcasing how Portuguese influence has shaped the cultural cartography of Lusossonia. In some Lusosonic territories, the perception of cultural proximity to Portugal may be more evident than others. Cape Verde’s country's geographic closeness to Europe, the fact that the archipelago was not inhabited when the Portuguese arrived in the 15th century, and the construction of a Creole identity would especially contribute to this sense of proximity. I intend to present an analysis of the discourses about Cesária Évora found in newspapers and radio broadcasts through the lens of the concept of Lusossonia. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/43250 |
Publisher Version: | https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ethnomusicology.org/resource/resmgr/2024_annual_meeting/SEM_69th_Annual_Meeting_Abst.pdf |
Appears in Collections: | INETmd - Comunicações |
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