Karyna Gomes

Born in Bissau on 13 February 1976, the daughter of Bissau-Guinean father and a Cape-Verdean mother,[1][2] Gomes began her musical career in 1997 with the Brazilian gospel choir Rejoicing Mass in São Paulo.

[5][6] In 2021, she led the coordination of the first journalism projects in various types of Creole languages (in particular Cape Verdean and Guinean), which was developed with the help of the Portuguese online news organization Mensagem de Lisboa.

[8][9] Gomes has worked with such news organizations such as RTP, various local radio stations in Guinea-Bissau, A Semana in Cape Verde, and the Associated Press.

[12][13] In 2015 as well, she became a godmother to the Observatório Nacional dos Direitos da Criança, where she sang in the middle of Bissau in a free event to signal the International Day Against Child Labour.

[14] On 22 November 2018, she gave a concert at the Institut Français in Abidjan, the proceeds of which were sent to the Npili project from the Atena Foundation, with the objective of financing the construction of a school building for Bissau-Guinean girls.