Eneida Marta

Eneida Marta, a Guinean singer, was born in Bissau, 42 years ago, shortly before the former Portuguese colony declared its independence. An auspicious time and the reason why Eneida Marta sing about freedom, love and the really important things in life. And the truth is that Eneida, born into a family with strong artistic inclinations, always sang from a young age. It was with Juca Delgado, already leaving in Lisbon at that time, that she began to take more serious steps in music, collaborating with renowned artists such as Dom Kikas, Rui Sangara, Aliu Bari or Iva Ichi, before launching, in 2001, Nô Storia, a record that led her to perform in many countries like Cape Verde, France, Netherlands or Germany and, of course, Portugal and Guinea Bissau. In 2002, Eneida launched “Amari”, an album that sparked interest from the world music giant Putumayo: that same year, the American label included some songs from Eneida Marta in the compilation An Afro-Portuguese Odissey. Until the release of her third album, Lôpe Kai, in 2006, Eneida recorded another series of compilations and works by other artists, building her unique and distinctive path, recognized with the first place, in a World Music contest with the theme “Mindjer Dôlce Mel”, that Putumayo would include in the Acoustic Africa compilation.