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José Afonso
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jose Afonso, José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, Zeca, Zeca Afonso, Dr. José Afonso
Portuguese singer, composer and politician (1929-1987)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- 2005 - Past Meets Present in Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 2005
- Uncovering Early Galaxy Evolution in the ALMA and JWST Era (IAU S352)
- Manuel du Fleuriste -2e édition
- Manuel du Fleuriste -2e édition
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Portugal
- Active from
- 1929
- Active to
- 1987
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 29,927
- Total plays
- 797,582
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José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as José Afonso, Zeca Afonso or just Zeca (2 August 1929 – 23 February 1987), was born in Aveiro, Portugal. Zeca is among the most influential folk and political musicians in Portuguese history. He became an icon among Portuguese left-wing activists due to the role of his music in the resistance against the dictatorial regime of Oliveira Salazar, resistance that triumphed in 1974 with the pro-democratic leftist military coup of the Carnation Revoluti
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Aveiro
- Place of death
- Setúbal
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- University of Coimbra
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- protest song
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- José Afonso by Henrique Matos 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- José Afonso
- date of birth
- 1929-08-02
- date of death
- 1987-02-23
- cause of death
- ALS
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- José Afonso
- birth name
- José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos
- name in native language
- Zeca Afonso
Sources (8)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to José Afonso, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana