Daúde

Daúde Candeal (born 23 September 1961) or simply Daúde, is the stage name of Maria Waldelurdes Costa de Santana Dutilleux, a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

With five studio albums released, Daúde gained great notoriety and success in 1997 with her release of the Portuguese language version of the hit Pata Pata, the namesake music of the South African singer Miriam Makeba. She studied voice and theater at 18 years old, and earned degrees in Portuguese and Literature at the Universidade Santa Úrsula of Rio de Janeiro and later did a post-graduate degree in African History.