Manuel de Novas - Definition

Manuel d' Novas (Manuel Jesus Lopes ) was born the 24.2.1938 at the island of Santo Antão.

He has become one of the most important poet and composer of Cape Verde and can be considered as a son of Mindelo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindelo). His musics are known all over the world, i.e.through Cesária Evora. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesaria_Evora)

Some famous poems in crioulo

• Apocalipse
• Nôs raça, D. Ana, Cumpade Cizóne, Ess Pais
• Tudo tem se limite, Cumpade Ciznone

• Morna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morna): Stranger ê um Ilusão:
• Morna-Coladeira: Psú nhondenga, Cmé catchorr, Morte d'um Tchuc

Literature

• César Augusto Monteiro: Manel d'Novas: Musica, Vida, Caboverdianidade (2003)

External links

Poems

• Apocalipse and Ess Pais (http://www.disp.let.uniroma1.it/kuma/RUBRICHE/decolonizziamoci/brianda-kuma7-decolonizziamoci.htm)
• Traduction Acopalipse (http://student.dei.uc.pt/~chantre/page3.htm)
• Tudo tem se limite (http://natura.di.uminho.pt/~jj/musica/html/cesaria-tudoTemSeLimite.html)
• Cumpade Ciznone (http://www.caboverde.com/evora/sng-9203.htm)