Ana Firmino

Ana Firmino (born 1953) is a Cape Verdean 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.^[1] She has performed for many years in Cape Verde and Europe particularly in Portugal, appearing in film and on television^[2] 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 , produced by one of Cape Verde's most successful musicians Tito Paris.^[3]

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

Together with Tito Paris, they appeared at the Portimão Music Festival in Portugal in 2010^[3]

Personal life[]

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

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[]

^ "Ana Firmino grava com Sandra de Sá". A Semana (in Portuguese). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Ana Firmino nos EUA, canta na gala da Rádio "Caminho pa Cabo Verde". A Semana. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Festival de Portimão: Tito Paris e Ana Firmino vão representar Cabo Verde" [Portimão Festival: Tito Paris and Ana Firmino to represent Cape Verde]. Expresso da Ilhas (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.

External links[]

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[1] "Ana Firmino grava com Sandra de Sá". A Semana (in Portuguese). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

[2] "Ana Firmino nos EUA, canta na gala da Rádio "Caminho pa Cabo Verde". A Semana. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2010.

[Expresso_das_Ilhas-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Festival de Portimão: Tito Paris e Ana Firmino vão representar Cabo Verde" [Portimão Festival: Tito Paris and Ana Firmino to represent Cape Verde]. Expresso da Ilhas (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.

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