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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.
Soukous is a genre of dance music from the Congo Basin. It derived from Congolese rumba in the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1980s in France. Although often used by journalists as a synonym for Congolese rumba, both the music and dance associated with soukous differ from more traditional rumba, especially in its higher tempo, longer dance sequences. Notable performers of the genre include African Fiesta, Papa Wemba and Pépé Kallé.
Survival is the eleventh studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers released in 1979.
The Cape Verde national football team represents Cape Verde in men's international association football and is controlled by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The team has never qualified for FIFA World Cups and The team has qualified for two tournaments of Africa Cup of Nations, 2013 and 2015, They made their first appearance in 2013 and The team also represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Ibrahima Sylla was a Senegalese record producer born in Ivory Coast and founder of the African music label Syllart Records. He was an internationally acclaimed musician whose production and music direction defined popular African music. From West African dance, to Congolese Soukous, to melodic griot-led songs, Sylla's signature as a music producer is unmistakable. He has demonstrated his familiarity with many contemporary African musical genres, and he has worked with most of Africa's musical greats.
Compas, is a dance music and modern Méringue of Haiti. The genre was popularized following the creation of Ensemble Aux Callebasses in (1955), which became Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste In 1957. Compas is the main music of many countries such as Dominica and the French Antilles. This méringue style is influential in part of Africa, the Caribbean, Portugal, France, part of Canada, South and North America.
The coladeira is a music genre from Cape Verde.
In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the use of music is not limited to entertainment: it serves a purpose to the local community and helps in the conduct of daily routines. Traditional African music supplies appropriate music and dance for work and for religious ceremonies of birth, naming, rites of passage, marriage and funerals. The beats and sounds of the drum are used in communication as well as in cultural expression.
Rogamar is the tenth album by Cesária Évora. The album reached the Polish Top 5 charts where it was number four, it was also number 17 in France, number 19 in Portugal, number 23 in Belgium's Wallonia and number 38 in Switzerland.
Dany Engobo is a Congolese musician and leader of Les Coeurs Brises. He started his music career in Brazzaville. He worked with a guitar maestro Diblo Dibala in most of his songs. He moved to Paris in 1976 and learned French there. From then on he started singing his songs in that language. For international purposes, his songs are mostly done in Lingala Language and French. He is also one of the richest.
LMDS, an abbreviation for "Les messagers du son" was a Canadian French language hip hop duo formed in Montreal in 1993. The band was made up of Lyrik and Mélo / Mélopsy.
Moussier Tombola is a French comedian of Senegalese origins. He also does stand-up in various shows. He named himself Moussier Tombola, exactly as his father would pronounce the word "Monsieur". He was born in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges on 21 February 1987.
"Logobitombo " is the 2011 novelty song and debut single of the Senegalese-French comedian Moussier Tombola. He released it in 2011 reaching #5 in the official French Singles Chart. It also reached on Belgium's Wallonia Singles Chart.
Laure Cohen known by her stage name Koxie, is a French singer of Tunisian origin who came to prominence through her 2007 hit "Garçon" that topped the French Official Singles Chart. She released her self-titled debut album Koxie in 2007. She is signed since June 2007 to AZ French record label affiliated with Universal Music France.
Anges d'Afrik is a French afro-beat / afro-pop music collective of Congolese origin formed in 2005 and made up of Keva Keva, Stone Warley, Charnel Playboy and Manolo. They describe their music as Afro-pop, a music influenced by a mix of influenced by dance rhythms, R'n'B, and African zouk, coupé-décalé and ndombolo genres. In addition each member of the collective tries to bring in his individual personality and influences allowing a development of the unique sound of the band, incorporating vocals, songwriting, dance, arrangements, production, with marked variety, innovation, artistic and professional output, and gaining great favor with the public.
Flavel & Neto are a singing duo based in France specializing in Latin-based dance music, but greatly influenced by Angolan kizomba music. They are signed to Five Music label and are mostly famous with their singles "Eu quero tchu, eu quero tcha" and "Pedida perfeita (Tararatata)", the latter featuring Anna Torres.
So um tempo is the debut album by the French-based Brazilian/Cape Verde duo Flavel & Neto. It was released on 28 June 2013 on Jive Epic, an affiliate of Sony Music. In France it was released by Sony Music.
Maude Gabrielle Harcheb mostly known by her mononymous name Maude is a French singer and dancer who took part in season 5 of the popular French reality television series Les Anges de la téléréalité broadcast on NRJ 12 channel. Maude's first album #HoldUp was released on 1 September 2014.
Willy William is a French and Mauritian DJ, record producer and singer, famous for his club remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists. He is most famous for his French hit "Ego" and his Latin hit "Mi Gente", the latter with J Balvin.
The history of the cinema of Cape Verde dates back to the arrival of filmmakers in the early twentieth century. The first picture house was established in Mindelo around 1922, called Eden Park.
