Cabo Verde
Capital: Praia · West Africa
Atlantic island nation whose Krioulo culture — born of African and Portuguese encounter — produced morna music and a global diaspora identity.
Ethnic communities
- Cape Verdeans (Krioulu)Creole society blending West African and Portuguese roots
- BadiuSantiago islanders preserving strongest African traditions (batuque, funaná)
More communities of Cabo Verde
- Badiu (Santiago) — Deepest African roots — batuku drumming and funaná accordion
- Sampadjudu (windward) — São Vicente–Santo Antão creoles of morna's ports
- Fogo islanders — Volcano-slope wine growers under Pico's shadow
- Santo Antão highlanders — Ribeira farmers of cloud-fed terraces
- Brava islanders — Whaler-emigrant island of morna's gentlest verse
- Maio & Boa Vista folk — Salt-pan and dune island communities
- Sal salt-workers' heirs — From salinas labor to tourism's frontline
- São Nicolau communities — Seminary island of letters and grogue
- Rabelados — Santiago's hinterland dissenters keeping old ways
- Fisher lineages — Inter-island boatmen of tuna and wahoo
- Emigrant families — The diaspora nation — remittance and return
- Morna & batuku artist houses — Music dynasties from Cesária's Mindelo
Languages
Major languages: Cape Verdean Creole (Kriolu), Portuguese
Language families: Portuguese-based Creole
Historical kingdoms & states
- • (Colonial entrepôt of Ribeira Grande — first European tropical city)
Heritage sites
- • Cidade Velha (Ribeira Grande de Santiago)
Cultural highlights
Morna (UNESCO)Batuque and funaná musicTabanka processions