Zé's new CD, Povo Adormecido ( My people are asleep ), sung in Creol, English, Portuguese, and French, and set to a series of irresistible Afrobeat grooves, the songs speaks to the universal longing to live in peace. The title track pays tribute to the indomitable spirit of the African peopple, and raises a challenge to all of us to transcend our limitation when faced with the greatest challenges. Other songs ( some with lyrics by Zé, some written in collaboration with schoolteacher/poet Huco Monteiro, journalist Tony Tcheka, and Senegalese computer engineer Pierre H Sagna ) address the humanity ( and inhumanity ) of policemen, the homesickness of political exiles, and the inhumanity of selfish African dictators.