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    The document summarizes key facts about the country of Cape Verde. It describes the islands that make up Cape Verde, noting they were uninhabited until the 15th century when the Portuguese colonized the islands. It then discusses Cape Verde's role in the Atlantic slave trade as a commercial center and stopover point. Finally, it provides brief details on Cape Verde gaining independence in 1975 and aspects of its culture, including popular music genres and the carnival festival tradition of Mandinga.

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    The document summarizes key facts about the country of Cape Verde. It describes the islands that make up Cape Verde, noting they were uninhabited until the 15th century when the Portuguese colonized the islands. It then discusses Cape Verde's role in the Atlantic slave trade as a commercial center and stopover point. Finally, it provides brief details on Cape Verde gaining independence in 1975 and aspects of its culture, including popular music genres and the carnival festival tradition of Mandinga.

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    The document summarizes key facts about the country of Cape Verde. It describes the islands that make up Cape Verde, noting they were uninhabited until the 15th century when the Portuguese colonized the islands. It then discusses Cape Verde's role in the Atlantic slave trade as a commercial center and stopover point. Finally, it provides brief details on Cape Verde gaining independence in 1975 and aspects of its culture, including popular music genres and the carnival festival tradition of Mandinga.

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    The document summarizes key facts about the country of Cape Verde. It describes the islands that make up Cape Verde, noting they were uninhabited until the 15th century when the Portuguese colonized the islands. It then discusses Cape Verde's role in the Atlantic slave trade as a commercial center and stopover point. Finally, it provides brief details on Cape Verde gaining independence in 1975 and aspects of its culture, including popular music genres and the carnival festival tradition of Mandinga.

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    CABO

    VERDE
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    HISTORY
    • FORMED 40–50 million years ago
    • uninhabited until the 15th century
    • PORTUGUESE COLONIZED the islands
    • Cape Verde islands were conveniently located to play a role in the Atlantic slave trade.
    • important commercial center and useful stopover point along major shipping routes
    • In 1956, AmIlcar Cabral and a group of fellow Cape Verdeans and Guineans organized
    (in Portuguese Guinea) the clandestine African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape
    Verde (PAIGC)
    • independenCE in 1975
    culture
    • music

    Finacon Cesaria evora Mayra andrade


    • funana • morna • jazz/morna/funana/batuku
    batuku
    batuku

    batuku batuku
    ARNIVAL
    MANDINGA
    The carnival funeral

    “an occasion for people to honor their black ancestors while


    also mourning the end of the festival Greased completely in oil
    and tar, donning sisal skirts and carrying spears, they are a sight
    to behold as they transform themselves into Mandinga warriors”
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