Hernani Almeida

Over the past two years in addition to recording his 1st solo CD, produced and directed musically also the last album " Vadu " and the first "Princesito", "Isa Pereira", "Eder", "Nho Nani" and he composed one music for the last disc of the Sara Tavares "Balancé", entitled " DAM BO", which was seen in Portugal as the best songs on the disc.

Since then, he started playing with the big names of Cape Verdean music, Bau, Sara Tavares, Cheka, Mayra Andrade and others.

In 1997 he joined the formation Bau of Cesaria Evora former guitarist to record two albums and to sign some compositions.

This album received the "Découvertes RFI (Radio France International) Musique du Monde".

Afronamim was his first solo CD, Hernani and surrounded themselves with a private trio, made up of musicians who usually play with Cesária Évora, to save ten instrumental songs, influenced by different musical currents, African and jazz fed by some Creole soul and traditional rhythms as warm and coladeira funaná.