Music of Cape Verde information

Cape Verde is known internationally for morna, a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and...

Cape Verde (/ˈvɜːrd(i)/ , VURD or VUR-dee) or Cabo Verde (/ˌkɑːboʊ ˈvɜːrdeɪ/ , /ˌkæb-/ KA(H)B-oh VUR-day; Portuguese: [ˈkaβu ˈveɾðɨ]), officially the Republic...

recorded history of Cape Verde begins with the Portuguese discovery of the island in 1458. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at least...

Cape Verdeans, also called Cabo Verdeans (Portuguese: cabo-verdiano), are a people native to Cape Verde, an island nation in West Africa consisting of...

an overview of and topical guide to Cape Verde: Cape Verde – sovereign country located on an archipelago in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic...

The escudo (sign: ; ISO 4217: CVE) is the currency of the Republic of Cape Verde. One escudo is subdivided into one hundred centavos. Amounts are generally...

history of the Jews in Cape Verde deals with the Jews and Jewish communities in Cape Verde. Historians agree that the Jewish population of Cape Verde has...

The culture of Cape Verde is rich, with a range of customs and practices common in the islands. One of the most important aspects of Cape Verdean culture...

largest city of Cape Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality...

(Portuguese pronunciation: [kulɐˈðɐjɾɐ]; Cape Verdean Creole: koladera, [kolɐˈdeɾɐ]) is a music genre from the Cape Verde islands in the central Atlantic Ocean...

The history of the cinema of Cape Verde dates back to the arrival of filmmakers in the early twentieth century. The first picture house was established...

National Flag: Flag of Cape Verde Coat of Arms: Coat of Arms of Cape Verde Anthem: Cântico da Liberdade (Song of Freedom) Motto: Unidade, Luta, Progresso...

notably those of the Music of Cape Verde and Music of Zanzibar. List of islands of Africa Bowman, Larry W.; Studies, United States Dept of Education International...

Cap-Vert (Music of Cape Verde), Chandeigne, Paris, 1998, p. 117-118 ISBN 2-906462-48-9 Sabrina Requedaz et Laurent Delucchi, Cap-Vert (Cape Verde), Guide...

The Literature of Cape Verde is among the most important in West Africa. It is the second richest in West Africa after Mali and modern-day Mauritania...

religion in Cape Verde, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Different sources give varying estimates on the relative sizes of various Christian...

") Cape Verdeans have been voluntarily migrating from Cape Verde to every continent, since as early 1800s. The earliest recorded migration of Cape Verdeans...