Manuel d' Novas was a Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

an poet and composer.

Born Manuel Jesus Lopes on the island of Santo Antão, he became one of the most important poets and composers of Cape Verde. His music is known all over the world, through performers like Cesária Évora

Cesária Évora

Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for performing without shoes, Évora is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of "morna."-Early life:...

. He lived in Mindelo

Mindelo

For the parish in Portugal, see Mindelo, PortugalMindelo , is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality...

 on the island of São Vicente

São Vicente, Cape Verde

São Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.- Geography :The island is roughly rectangular in shape...

. Manuel died on September 28, 2009, from a stroke, after staying at the hospital for about a week.

Some famous poems in crioulo

• Apocalipse
• Nôs raça, D. Ana, Cumpade Cizóne, Ess Pais
• Tudo tem se limite, Cumpade Ciznone

• Morna Morna: Stranger ê um Ilusão:
• Morna-Coladeira: Psú nhondenga, Cmé catchorr, Morte d'um Tchuc

Literature

• César Augusto Monteiro: Manel d'Novas: Musica, Vida, Caboverdianidade (2003)

Poems

• Apocalipse and Ess Pais
• Traduction Acopalipse
• Tudo tem se limite
• Cumpade Ciznone