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Cesária Évora, 1941–2011

Carol Cooper, Rock's Backpages, 3 January 2012

BURIED ON HER home island of São Vicente the Tuesday before Christmas amid nationwide mourning in her native Cape Verde,  singer Cesária Évora enjoyed more artistic recognition and acheivement during her last 20 years than fate allowed during her first 50.

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