She was the daughter of António da Silva Ramos, who was Anton Tchiche. Her brother Tchufe (Pedro Alcântara Silva Ramos) was a guitarist and singer. When she was a teenager, Tututa started her piano studies. She professionally played at Café Royal. She was the first woman on the island of São Vicente to play at night which was rare. Musically, she also challenged conventions to mend her training of a classical pianist with Cape Verdean traditional music. She launched her only record in 1966 at the age of 47. Invited by
Bana, she visited the United States where she recorded
Rapsódia Tututa & Taninho with guitarist Taninho. Later, she participated in sporadic tours including in France, Guinea and Portugal. Together they released a compilation album in 2008 titled
Cape-Verde (Mornas & Coladeiras) (or as
Cape Verde: Mornas & Coladeiras), the album features ten songs, one of them by
Val Xalino, Léna Timas and Ingrid Monteiro She died of
pneumonia in 2014. ==Awards and honors==