222:, Bana later moved to Rotterdam in the Netherlands where he made a group "Voz de Cabo Verde" ("Voice of Cape Verde") with other exiled Cape Verdeans including LuĂs Morais (1934–2002), Jean da Lomba, Morgadinho, Toy de Bibha, Frank Cavaquinho and several others, he also published two "long-plays" and six EPs. In 1969 he headed southwest to Portugal where he opened "Restaurante Monte Cara" in Lisbon, named after one of the island's prominent feature
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Portugal to act. After B. Leza died, he began working in his own. Perhaps because of his popularity, Bana was accused of collaboration with the Portuguese colonial government, after his son's birthday near Amilcarthe Cabral's death. He later went to Dakar, Senegal where he
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were sold in his native island and other islands in Cape Verde and the Cape
Verdeans in Portugal, Italy, France, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and the eastern United States were recognized in mora songs in Cape Verdean creole, Bana's with the voice of the folk was heard around the world.
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He was born in
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songs. In 1958, BeLeza was presented at a round with the Tuna Académica da
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Bana again returned to France in the late 1980s, there, he was one of the first Cape
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recorded his first album in 1962 and gave his first performance, the record had four songs, 2,000 copies were sold within the first weeks.
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forty years of singing, Bana chose to retire after finishing his Cape
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colonial rule, when he worked as a handyman and bodyguard for the legendary Cabo Verdean composer and performer,
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558:Mornas and Coladeiras
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