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On 29 March 1991 she was awarded with the diploma of "Female Voice oldest of Angola" in Hotel
Turismo. She was awarded an honorary degree "homage to the pillars of the Angolan music" on 31 June 1993. On the 420th anniversary of the foundation of Luanda city on 24 January 1996, she was conferred the
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and the campaign was for supporting the victims of civil war during 1997. On 3 September 1997, she was awarded "the Most
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in Angola on 29 April 1935. She did her primary education at the
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She received several awards and honors, the notable of which being "the Most
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207:"government diploma Luanda City". During 1996, she was part of "So Why" project of the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) together with other celebrities in Africa. An album with six prominent singer including her and documentary was recorded along with a book titled
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