Bossa nova Bossa nova Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music, which was developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one of the best-known Brazilian music styles abroad. The phrase "bossa nova" means literally "new trend" or "new wave" (). A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially among young musicians and college students. In Brazil, the word "bossa" is an old-fashioned slang for something that is done with particular charm, natural flair or innate ability. As early as 1932, Noel Rosa used the word in a samba:
Solome Bossa Solome Bossa Solome Balungi Bossa, also (Solomy Balungi Bossa), (born 14 April 1956), is a Ugandan judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Immediately prior to her election to the ICC, she was a member of the Court of Appeal of Uganda, which also doubles as the Constitutional Court, in the Judiciary of Uganda. She was elected to her current position on 5 December 2017. She was sworn in on the court on Friday 9 March 2018. She was born in Nsambya Hospital, in Uganda's capital city of Kampala, on 14 April 1956. Her father, Stanley Walusimbi Ssesanga, was a