Career
He was one of the founders of the Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde in 1958. He lived in exile in the Netherlands due to his pro-independence activities in his native land and produced 100 poems there. His poem Flagelados do vento leste and Comunhão can be found on the Civil Defense Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias.