Cape Verdean singer Ceuzany Pires poses for a portrait during the shooting of a music video for her latest record "No tchal te li" (we stop here) at a restaurant in Mindelo, on May 25, 2026. Barefoot, arms raised to the sky and overcome with emotion, Ceuzany delivers with her powerful voice the flagship song from her latest album dedicated to the fight against domestic violence, sending shivers through the audience packed into a bar in Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente. She is compared to the great Cesária Évora, the "barefoot diva" who introduced two traditional Cape Verdean music genres to the world: morna (soft, nostalgic melodies) and coladeira (faster-paced rhythm). (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP via Getty Images)