The best know morna singer is Cesária Évora from São Vicente Island, who sings in the Portuguese Creole of São Vicente. Her "Sodade" was her first hit, the first hit for a non-French song in France and the beginning of worldwide fame for morna. The term saudade is a complex and not-easily translateable term, roughly equivalent to homesickness but also connoting nostalgia, sadness and regret; the presence of sodade is considered vital for singers of both morna and fado.
Morna is believed to have been invented on Boa Vista and Mindelo Bay, before spreading to the rest of the country and producing the first major performers, like Manuel de Novas and B. Leza. In later years, Os Tubaroes brought Cape Verdean music to the rest of the world, setting the stage for the rise of performers like Évora and Maria Alice. Morna and other varieties of Verdean music are also played in immigrant communities abroad, especially Rhode Island and Connecticut.
In the latter part of the 20th century, morna was fused with genres like cumba, zouk, samba and rock and roll, resulting in styles like coladeira.
Morna Began painting in oils at the age of nine at the Midland Institute of Art.She first exibited her art at the Palette Club in Midland, Texas when she was twelve.
After moving to Los Angeles, Morna was accepted in the upper division studies at the Art center College of Design.
Morna is now a self-employed artist living in the Florida Keys who works in many different media, oil, watercolor, acrylics, pastel, ink, and pottery.
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