The "King of Warm and Coladeira" Cape Verdean music is hospitalized due to health problems.
According to family sources, Bana felt queasy and was taken to the Hospital Santa Maria in Lisbon, where for almost three weeks. According to the same sources the doctors ensure that the "King of Warm" is stable and can be visited.
81 years old, and already behind the stage that once served as his "home" and always touting the Cape Verdean culture of white handkerchief in hand over several years, Bana suffers from various health problems lately and has not appeared in public .
According to family sources, Bana felt queasy and was taken to the Hospital Santa Maria in Lisbon, where for almost three weeks. According to the same sources the doctors ensure that the "King of Warm" is stable and can be visited.
81 years old, and already behind the stage that once served as his "home" and always touting the Cape Verdean culture of white handkerchief in hand over several years, Bana suffers from various health problems lately and has not appeared in public .
Owner of a distinctive voice, the singer is internationally recognized for the role it had in the dissemination of music and Cape Verdean culture across borders.
Career Award Gala assigned by the CVMA in 2012 also joins the medal 1st class of the Order of the Dragon Tree, in the same year, delivered by the hands of the President of the Republic, as well as several other tributes by friends and fellow stage.
Born on the island of Sao Vicente, March 11, 1932, Bana is an icon of Cape Verdean culture. Carries with one filled with many successes, the voice of the islands of the Atlantic, helped in projecting new generation of musicians 70 in Lisbon.
Source: Frog Band