Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Portugal
- Active from
- 1954
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
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Waldermar Bastos (born 1954, M'banza, Zaire province, Angola) was an Angolan musician who combines Afropop, Portuguese (fado), and Brazilian influences. His parents were both nurses. He started singing at a very early age. At the age of 28 he emigrated to Portugal to escape the civil war between the Marxist MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola regime and the Western-backed UNITA National Union for Total Independence of Angola. Waldemar Bastos died on August 9 <a href="https://ww
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Waldemar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Angola
- Place of birth
- Portuguese Angola
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Bantu
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.waldemarbastos.com
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- date of birth
- 1954-01-04
- date of death
- 2020-08-10
- name in native language
- Waldemar Bastos
- birth name
- Waldemar dos Santos Alonso de Almeida Bastos
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
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