Cape Verde is known internationally for morna, a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. Funaná, Coladeira, Batuque and Cabo love are other musical forms.
Kizomba is a dance and musical genre that originated in Angola in 1984.
The coladeira is a music genre from the Cape Verde islands in the central Atlantic Ocean.
José Vítor Moreira Semedo is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Semedo is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cesária ÉvoraGCIH was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit of smoking and drinking on stage during intermissions. Évora's music has received many accolades, including a Grammy Award in 2004, and it has influenced many Cape Verde diaspora musicians as well as American pop singer Madonna. Évora is also known as Cizé, the Barefoot Diva, and the Queen of Morna.
The batuque is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde.
Adriano Gonçalves, known by his stage name Bana and called the "King of Morna", was a Cape Verdean singer and performer of the morna style, the plaintive, melodic lament which is a staple musical style of the country.
Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands consist of migrants from Cape Verde to the Netherlands and their descendants. As of 2022, figures from Statistics Netherlands showed 23,150 people of Cape Verdean origin in the Netherlands.
Tabanka is a musical genre of Cape Verdean music.
Susan Lynne Semedo ("Pebbles") is a radio presenter, personality, and voice-over artist in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Sérgio Manuel Monteiro Semedo is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club C.F. Esperança de Lagos as a midfielder.
Gilyto Semedo, aka Mr. Entertainer is a Cape Verdean Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, TV & Music Producer, Cultural Activist, Mentor Of Cabo Verde Music Awards-CVMA and PALOP Music Awards - PALOPMA.
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Cape Verde.
Kap Verd Band or Kab Verd Band is a music history book published in 2006 by Cape Verdean journalist and investigator Carlos Filipe Gonçalves. It was published by the Institute of the National Historic Archives and has been distributed and marketed by the National Library Institute.
Ordem do Vulcão, also named as the Medal of the 1st Class of Ordem do Vulcão is a national award that is done each year by the President of Cape Verde, it is awarded to the greatest personalities of Cape Verde and non-Cape Verdeans, which contributes to an aggrandizement of the nation. It is the main decoration of the country created after the independence of the nation.
Willy Johnson Semedo Afonso is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot First Division club Omonia. Born in France, Semedo plays for the Cape Verde national team.
Edi Mauricio Sanches Semedo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol.
Manuel Semedo Da Veiga is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Les Herbiers.
