The great artist Waldemar Bastos died this morning at the Lisbon Cancer Hospital, a cancer victim, his great friend and founder of Portal de Angola, Jorge Monteiro, informed us.
ANGOLAN SOCIETY IN SHOCK
The Expresso newspaper confirms the sad news in this way:
Angolan musician Waldemar Bastos, died this morning in Lisbon, a victim of cancer, at the age of 66, said a source from the communication office of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Environment of Angola.
Born in the province of M’Banza Kongo, the singer, who was awarded the New Artist of the Year at the World Music Awards in 1999, had been undergoing cancer treatments for a year, says the Angolan tutelage.
In 2018, the musician was awarded the National Culture and Arts Award, the most important distinction of the Angolan State in this area.
Presenting himself with a sound that he himself defined as “Afro-Portuguese-Atlantic”, Waldemar Bastos was also the only non-fado singer to sing at the transfer ceremony, at the National Pantheon, in Lisbon, of the body of Amália Rodrigues, of whom he was a friend.
