R.I.P. Cesária Évora, 'La Diva aux Pieds Nus',
who died last Saturday aged 70 years
Nicknamed the 'Barefoot Diva' for performing sans footwear, she was one of the best-known international practitioners of the Cape Verdean musical genre known as 'morna'.
On a personal note, Évora was the soundtrack to a surprise Latin-themed birthday dinner thrown for me by some thoughtful friends, a few years back.
