Africa-Press – Cape verde. This Saturday, in Dakar, at the age of 86, the Cape Verdean surgeon, Daniel Neves, considered one of the pillars of the Cape Verdean community in Senegal and beyond. On social networks, expressions of grief and dismay at the loss of what is also considered a “safe haven” for countless Cape Verdeans who travel to Senegal, namely for medical treatment, multiply .
The Emeritus Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassador of Cape Verde to Senegal, Raul Vera Cruz Barbosa, lamented, on his Facebook page, the loss of “someone special”, promising that “his legacy will continue”.
The writer, poet and former Minister of Education of Cape Verde, Vera Duarte Pina, also lamented, on her Facebook page, the loss of a “dear friend” and “exemplary citizen who always honored her Cape Verdean identity”
“He and his wife always welcomed me into their home. They were my safe haven in Dakar and I know they were for many people”, wrote Vera Duarte.
Several other Cape Verdean personalities in the country and in the diaspora have also reacted to the death of “Doctor Neves”, as he was also known, highlighting his facet of “great humanist”, “excellent professional”, always willing to help his fellow man, and a “Samaritan” doctor for all who sought him, especially distressed Cape Verdean citizens who travel to Senegal in search of medical treatment.
One of the drivers of the Charter of the Rotary Club of Praia
José Maria Gomes Rebelo, a member of the Rotary Club of Praia, lamented, on his Facebook page, the loss of “an illustrious man, a gentleman who saved lives and who was a promoter and sower of hope and goodwill in the world”.
As he recalled, the late Daniel Neves “was a member of the Rotary Club Dakar, having been one of the drivers and promoters of the proposal that gave rise, in 1992, to the Charter of the Rotary Club of Praia, a club where he always had a presence when he visited Cape Verde. ”.
Daniel Neves, an affable and good-humored man, was also known as an intellectual with a vast culture, with forays into poetry and music, and some of his compositions were even interpreted by the late Bana, known as the “King of Morna ”.
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