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AFRICA'S EVORA HONOURED IN FRANCE

African singer CESARIA EVORA has been awarded France's highest civilian accolade, the Legion d'Honneur.The 67-year-old, nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for her habit of performing on stage without shoes, was presented with the accolade on Tuesday (10Feb09) in Paris.
Contralto vocalist Evora, from the Republic of Cape Verde, won acclaim for her 1992 album Miss Perfumado and has been hailed as the best in morna, a genre likened to blues.
Previous recipients of the Legion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour) include Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, American actor Jerry Lewis, director Steven Spielberg and singer Barbra Streisand.

10 February 2009 16:06

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