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Codé di Dona

Codé di Dona, nickname of Gregório Vaz, was a Cape Verdean musician and composer. He was born in Chaminé near São Domingos and lived in the locality of São Francisco, in the same municipality he was born has another Cape Verdean music expert Ano Novo. He is considered one of the chief figures of funaná, a music genre once known only in his native island of Santiago and achieved universal renaissance today. He was professionally dependent on agriculture as a farmer, he was also a flower keeper. Codé di Dona composed classic songs at the Cape Verdean National Repertory including "Febri Funaná", "Fomi 47", "Praia Maria", "Yota Barela", "Rufon Baré", "Pomba" and others. Codé di Dona felt Cape Verdeans with the singularity of its songs and poets of his letters. His composition "Fomi 47", for example, was about one of the most historic problems that struck Cape Verde, the 1947 drought, the famine and emigration to São Tomé e Príncipe. Image of a part of the ship "Ana Mafalda" was part of an imaginary collection of Cape Verdeans, it was sung as a hymn by other singers. He later married and had children, one of them was Lúcio who would later become a singer. From Wikipedia (

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Mudjer Di Nhó

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Costa Sô Seta

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Yota Barela

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É Dor Di Mas

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Rufan Barela

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Djan-Bai

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Codé di dona - djam bai

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Code Di Dona-Policia Di Praia.

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Codé di Dona - Pomba

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Codè di Dona; Tchada Carrera

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CODE DI DONA Pé Di Pedra OFFICIAL VIDEO 2008

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MUDJER DI NHO FUNANÁ

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code di dona - sodadi

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