Fernando Quejas was a singer and a songwriter of Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

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Biography

Quejas left his home in Cape Verde for Portugal in 1947. In the 1950s, he published under the Portuguese Label "Alvorado" with 22 albums. In the 1960s and the 1970s did numerous appearances throughout the world. He was the most renowned singer of melancholic morna in blues-style

Music genre

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of Cape Verde

In 1945, he operated Cape Verde's first radio station name "Radio Clube de Cabo Verde (Radio Praia)"

External links

• "Cape Verde singer Fernando Quejas dies at 83"
• "Fernando Quejas dies"