Leonel Almeida

{{Short description|Cape Verdean singer (born 1952)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|05|17}}

| birth_place = São Vicente, Cape Verde

| genre = Folk, world music

| occupation = Singer

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Leonel Almeida (born May 17, 1952){{cite web|url=http://www.opais.net/pt/revista/?id=1631&det=3189&ss=a%20ultima%20serenata|title=A última serenata de Leonel Almeida|trans-title=The Last Serenade by Leonel Almeida|website=opais.net|language=pt|accessdate=18 August 2010}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) is a Cape Verdean singer. He began his career at the age of 17 and was a member of the group Birds with guitarist and producer Paulino Vieira. He has recorded versions of songs by other groups. Almeida was drafted into the Portuguese army at the age of 20. This experience was a turning point of his life; he became politically aware and began to sing intervention songs.{{cite web|url=http://palcoprincipal.sapo.cv/noticias/Noticia/leonel_almeida_anuncia_fim_de_carreira_musical/0001386|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715120859/http://palcoprincipal.sapo.cv/noticias/Noticia/leonel_almeida_anuncia_fim_de_carreira_musical/0001386|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2012|title=Leonel Almeida anuncia fim de carreira musical|trans-title=Leonel Almeida Announced The End of His Music Career|newspaper=Palço Principal|language=pt|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

Almeida co-founded the group Voz de Cabo Verde with members such as Tito Paris and worked with saxophonist Luís Morais. The group toured in Europe, United States of America, and parts of Africa. The album Ninho Magoado showed morabeza in the Cape Verde Islands.