Cape Verde: Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation

ISBN-13: 9780367314781 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 203 str.

Richard A Lobban

Opis

The Cape Verde Islands, an Atlantic archipelago off the coast of Senegal, were first settled during the Portuguese Age of Discovery in the fifteenth century. A ?Crioulo? population quickly evolved from a small group of Portuguese settlers and large numbers of slaves from the West African coast. In this important new study, Dr. Richard Lobban sketch

Spis treści

Introduction -- The Historical Setting -- Society and Culture -- Radicals, Soldiers, and Democrats: Politics in Cape Verde -- Peasants, Socialists, and Capitalists: Economics in Cape Verde -- Conclusion: Cape Verde at the End of the Twentieth Century

O autorze

Richard A. Lobban Jr. is professor of anthropology and director of the Program of African and Afro-American Studies at Rhode Island College.