Cesária Évora, a Capeverdean singer, died on December 17th, aged 70
AS A child, Cesária Évora never stepped into the waves. She was frightened of the Atlantic breakers that tumbled up the beaches of São Vicente or crashed in high spray on the rocks, and never learned how to swim.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Cesária Évora”
From the January 7th 2012 edition
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