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AZULANDOAZULANDO
Teofilo Chantre

An album of smooth guitar led tracks by the Cape Verdean musician. Includes a booklet of lyrics. 13 tracks, 58:36 mins, FRANCE. LUSAFRICA.

2004 Compact Disc 


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BIBIA
Mariana Ramos

The Cape Verdean singer's second album in which she returns to her island roots. Features the genres of morna, coladera, mazurka and funana. 12 tracks, 47:53 mins, FRANCE. LUSAFRICA.

2004 Compact Disc 


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BIBIA


CABO VERDE: Ilha De Sao NicolauCABO VERDE: Ilha De Sao Nicolau
Pchei, Conjunto Mane

Recorded in 1980, this album of traditional Cape Verdian music is typical of the island of Sao Nicolau. 20 tracks, 71:39 mins, GERMANY.

1980 2004 Compact Disc

 


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CAPE VERDE
Various

Inspired selection and presentation, the standard one can expect from the enterprising Putumayo label. 12 tracks, approx 52 mins, USA. PUTUMAYO WORLD MUSIC.

1999 Compact Disc 


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CAPE VERDE


CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN AND GLOBALIZATION: The Politics of Gender, Culture, and ResistanceCAPE VERDEAN WOMEN AND GLOBALIZATION: The Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance
Carter, Katherine & Aulette, Judy

Employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. They also examine the ways women resist the challenges globalization has brought to them especially through cultural expressions of batuku dancing and Creole language. Index, bib, apps, tables, 208pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

2009 9780230618084 Hardback 


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CAPE VERDE: International Travel Map
Scale 1:500,000. Map supplemented with information on the history and geography of Cape Verde. CANADA. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MAPS.

2000 1553411595 Map 


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CAPE VERDE: International Travel Map


CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: Bradt Travel GuideCAPE VERDE ISLANDS: Bradt Travel Guide
Irwin, Aisling & Wilson, Colum

Fifth edition. Adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, one of the attractions of the Cape Verde islands is the watersports: surfing, windsurfing, diving and fishing. Travellers are also lured to the islands by the promise of scenic hikes around the dramatic terrain of these volcanic outcrops, including the climb up the Pico de Fogo volcanic cone. Many off-the-beaten-track highlights are provided to help explorers discover the hidden treasures of this magical archipelago, from beautiful bays with whaling history and beaches teeming with turtles to botanical gardens and cobbled paths leading to summits high above sea level. Col photos, maps, 336pp, UK. BRADT.

2011 9781841623504 Paperback 


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CAPE VERDE: The Rough Guide to the Music
Various Artists

Compilation that shows that there is much more to Cape Verde's music than Cesaria Evora, the internationally celebrated diva. 17 tracks, over 76mins playing time, UK.

2001 Compact Disc 


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CAPE VERDE: The Rough Guide to the Music


THE FORTUNATE ISLES: A Study in African TransformationTHE FORTUNATE ISLES: A Study in African Transformation
Davidson, Basil

First hand description of the experience of the Cape Verde islands before and after independence. Focuses on the successes of the islands' development experiment. 221pp, UK. HUTCHINSON.

1989 0091822718 Paperback 


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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENOR DA SILVA
Almeida, Germano

First English translation. Señor da Silva successful entrepreneur, owner of the island's first automobile, a most serious, upright, and self made businessman. Born an orphan, he never married, he never splurged one good suit was good enough for him and he never wandered from the straight and narrow. Or so everyone thought. But when his 387 page Last Will and Testament is read aloud a marathon task on a hot afternoon which exhausts reader there's eye opening news, and not just for the smug nephew so certain of inheriting all Señor da Silva's property. This will is a web of elaborate self deceptions. Selected as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. 152pp, USA. NEW DIRECTIONS.

2004 0811215652 Paperback 


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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENOR DA SILVA


MAGIA D'MORNAMAGIA D'MORNA
Timas, Lena

A new name in 'morna', the bewitching music of Cape Verde, brought to prominence by Cesaria Evoria. 9 tracks, 46:26mins, FRANCE. PLAYA SOUND.

2006 Compact Disc 


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M'BEM DI FORA
Lura

13 tracks: Bida Mariadu, Ponciana, Romaria [Pilgrimage], No Bem Falá [Let's Talk About Them], As-gua [Rainy Season], Es Anu Raboitas Ka di Fiansa [This Year, You Can't Trust Upheavals], M'Bem di Fora [(I've Come from Far Away)], Mari d'Ascenson, Galanton [Smooth Talker], Pensá Drêt [Think Carefully], Festa di Nha Kumpadri [My Friend's Party], Choro and Fitiço di Funana [The Enchantment of the Funana]. FRANCE. LUSAFRICA.

2006 Compact Disc 


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M'BEM DI FORA


POEMS/POEMASPOEMS/POEMAS
Fortes, Corsino

Poems from the Lusophone modernist poet who was born in Cape Verde, served as a judge in Angola and as Cape Verde's ambassador to Portugal. Translated from the Cape Verdean Creole by Daniel Hahn and Sean O'Brien. 29pp, UK. ENITHARMON PRESS.

2008 9781904634768 Pamphlet 


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SAO VICENTE DI LONGE
Cesaria Evora

New songs from the barefoot diva from Cape Verde who recently sold out the Royal Festival Hall. Includes booklet with lyrics in Portuguese and notes in French. 15 tracks, approx 64 mins. FRANCE.

2001 Compact Disc

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SAO VICENTE DI LONGE

TRA'DICTIONAL DE MARIO LUCIOTRA'DICTIONAL DE MARIO LUCIO
Simentera

An album of fresh melodies and beautiful harmonies from Cape Verde. 13 tracks, 58:09 mins, PORTUGAL. ,

2002 Compact Disc 


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