Vera Valentina Benrós de Melo Duarte Lobo de Pina (dɔgebo daare la October 2, 1952), meŋ naŋ e Vera Duarte Martins,[1][2] e la Cape Verdean poet, human rights activist, government minister ane politician.
Duarte dɔgebo zie da la Mindelo naŋ da e island o a São Vicente. O da gaa la yuoni yeni sakuuri a Cape Verde. O da gaa la nimitɔɔre zannoo a Portugal a University of Lisbon.
O da leɛ gaa la Praia a Cape Verde a da e counsellor judge a Supreme Court. O da wa ta wagere kaŋa leɛ advisor a ko President a Republic.
Duarte da la neɛ na naŋ derɛ a inaugural North–South Prize a 1995, ane yiel-ŋmereba, Peter Gabriel[3]. A North–South Prize da e la bonne naŋ da de ko noba naŋ da tona a human rights yi a North–South Centre naŋ be a Council a Europe. O meŋ e la mɛmba a ko a Lisbon Forum.
Duarte la e o yoŋ naŋ e Capeverdean naŋ da taa U Tam'si Prize ko a African Poetry naŋ da di 2001.[4]
Duarte co-founded ane a kogo zu soba ko a National Commission ko Human Rights ane Citizenship naŋ be Cape Verde a 2003. Wagere mine poɔ, Duarte da toŋɛɛ Cape Verdean Minister ko Education.