Ana Firmino (born 1953) is a

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an singer. She was born in 1953 on the island of Sal, but it was not until she was in her late 20s that she dedicated herself to a career in music. She has performed for many years in Cape Verde and Europe particularly in Portugal, appearing in film and on television releasing several solo albums including ''Amor e Tao Sabe'' (1998). She is a well-regarded interpreter of the native '' morna'' as well as other traditional genres. One of her signature songs is '' Chico Malandro'', produced by one of Cape Verde's most successful musicians

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. Her two film credits are ''Fintar o Destino'' (1998) (released as '' Dribbling Fate'' in the USA) and '' Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno'' (English: ''Napumoceno's Will'') (1997). Together with

, they appeared at the

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Music Festival in Portugal in 2010

Personal life

Ana married a painter António N. Firmino and later gave birth at the age of 19 to Ángelo César do Rosário Firmino, a rapper who now lives in Portugal and is known by the stage name

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, she later had a few more children. Both Ana and her family would immigrate to Lisbon, Portugal in the 1990s.

Discography

Source
Ana Firmino's blog page
*''Carta De Nha Cretcheu'' (Associação De Amizade Portugal - Cabo Verde, 1989) *''Amor É Tão Sabe'' (Africana/VC, 1998) *''Viva Vida'' (2003)

Singles

*"Feiticeira di côr Morena", LP, originally by Travadinha. *Tunga Tunginha" with Boss AC in the album '' Manda Chuva'' (1998)

Notes

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* 1953 births Living people 20th-century Cape Verdean women singers People from Sal, Cape Verde 21st-century Cape Verdean women singers {{CapeVerde-bio-stub