Black America's Connection to the African Nation of Cape Verde
Black America's Connection to the African Nation of Cape Verde
Little is know about the African nation Cape Verde, locally known as Cabo Verde. Historically, the West African islands were as a stop-over for enslaved people being transported across the Atlantics. Some famous Cape Verdeans include revolutionary Amilcar Cabral, music icons Cesario Evora, Left Eye and Horace Silver. Ethnomusicologist and…
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lol they just showed up
you belong from Africa and European portuguese, is that so dificult then read the history, not be afraid to say where you from because you are unique in the World because you're classify as new race.
"By a group of explorers who were under the Portuguese flag"
Why didn't she just say European colonizers.. Wow. Very watered down splaining…
I desired for a long time, since i was a child to live in cape verde but i realized that it is an expensive county to live in and very European in terms of economy, and life style they use euros, and it seems the government dont want black people to relocate there. The island seems to be exclusively for Europeans to have vacation. Good bye cape verde will search for another country
Actually the population of Cape Verde from what i understand is 70% plus mixed race and only over 20% African.
Its also a vacation spot for vistors from Europe primarily.
Yet the impression here is that Cape Verde is somehow like nations on the continent of Africa which isnt true. Cape Verde is African because of the coast of the continent but is primarily a mixed race country not unlike the Dominican Republic .
That may be why a number of peoole from CV dont align with African Americans in the US.
CAPE VERT IS LATINO, 100 %, HIS MIXED RACE PEOPLE, HIS CULTURE…
I just learned about this area.
Continuo:
Nós, os cabo-verdianos não temos necessidade de procurar as nossas raízes. As nossas raízes, nasceram connosco. Como disse Gabriel Mariano: nós somos as nossas raízes.
Os black-american, até hoje, procuram as suas raízes, porque vivem num país que os não reconhece como cidadãos americanos de pleno direito e para mais, sofreram e continua a sofrer, forte discriminação pelos seus co-patricios white.
Enquanto que nós cabo-verdianos nada disso temos na nossa sociedade. Porque somos todos mestiços.
Estudem com atenção e profundidade histórica , a nossa cultura.
Nada tenho contra o sofrido black-american. Antes pelo contrário, a minha sidariedade é de sempre.
Mas nada temos de similar, culturalmente falando,
na hora actual com ele.
Os cabo-verdianos nada têm a ver com a nação negra americana quer em termos culturais, quer em termos sociais. Nós definimos como uma nação mestiça, cristã. Uma mistura cultural em que elementos culturais trazidos pelos portugueses e trazidos também pelos escravos da costa ocidental africana.
Mas nada nos une aos sacrificados e até hoje, chamados : "black-american."..
Interessante é que os negros americanos não se consideram apenas:americanos. Enquanto que os brancos americanos, que também foram para lá, apenas se dizem: americanos, tout court…quando a terra era dos Índios.
Nós cabo-verdianos não temos necessidade de procurar a nossa identidade. A nossa identidade nasceu connosco. Dessa grande fusão cultural que deu o Homem cabo-verdiano. Assumidos na nossa cabo-verdianidade que nos define.
Colonizers done great job especially ones who have been colonized by portugal iyo self hate is extreme but thank u to the lady she recognise her African history & chances most of what they know about their history has been distorted as usual i dont think cape verde was discovered by Portuguese why they never claim it a part of portugal since is theirs
It’s amazing that some would not want to be associated with African Americans but come to America and thrive as a direct result of the struggle of Black Americans. If we had not paid a price with blood and tears, you could not enjoy the benefits of America. It’s equally strange that you can relate to your Portuguese and European oppressors who robbed and pillaged the African mainland while raping Black women at will. If you have a problem with African Americans, I suggest you stay in Cape Verde. I certainly won’t come there.
Beautifull people, would not mind to have a woman from Cape Verde, i am from the Balkans
Nice docs 👌
It was not DISCOVERED! Stop with the lies!
This is inaccurate
🙋🏾We CapeVerdeans are not Black. We are 78% mixed-race, 28% Black and 1% White. We are Africans, unless that's what you meant by "Black". African is not Synonym of Black 💪🇨🇻
Portuguese from Praia.this video is flawed.
Cape Verdeans are some of the warmest, welcoming and loving people out there. I should know my step family is from Fogo! I love my cachupa, pastels and canja (sp). I also love CV music. I am a massive Mayra Andrade!
Can anyone tell me if the Portuguese were involved in the slave trade in New Orleans?
Interesting I never knew.
I was born in Senegal, West Africa and my parents were born in Brava, CV so I’m proud and enjoy all my African roots
She said that right!
Cabo Verde was "discovered" in 1460 and not in 1465.
Very good video. Thank you for putting it together, however, a few misleading information here about Cabo Verde.
Please look up the work of Cheich Anta Diop, the empire of Mali and its' territory and mainly the expedition that lead to the real discovery of Cabo Verde.
When Cabo Verde was so called "discovered" by Portuguese in 1461, the archipelago was already inhabited by Moors and Fishermen from the empire of Mali. Look into the first European neighborhood built in Ribeira Grande and the purpose of the European representatives. Prior to Slavery in the 1600, Europeans (French, Dutch, Portuguese, English and Italians, used Cabo Verde as a port of trade and resupply for their ships enroute to India. There was no such thing as Slavery at that time. Slavery started in the 1600s over 150 after European interactions with the natives.
Keep in mind that the European version of African history was crafted to satisfy ship expeditions, share holders and investors at the time, so the story had to be appealing to solicit more funding. Also, with the genocide of natives came the systematic whitening of Cape Verdean history to subdue its population. Learn about the Mandiaku, Badius and the origins of the language called "Criolu" to understand the extend of where we came from.
Nu sta juntu ku pe na txong di nos storia.
Thank you for acknowledging not knowing where you belong. For a long time, I disliked my dad's distant family because they treated my mom badly because she was African American and dad married her. The first racism I ever saw was when I was four years old and the treatment of my mother. My grandfather was not like this, and he associated himself with being Cape Verdean AND black, just not African American. He saw black people as his own people, like cousins. Eating different food, speaking differently, but still related. Not many Cape Verdeans in Canton, Ohio associated themselves with African Americans other than my dad and his immediate family.
How awful! Black people selling their own folks into slavery.
As a Cape Verdean I want nothing to do with a c v who wants to distance themselves from blk Americans they are our people too…one love.
Hate when they go on like white slave owners brought slaves to cabo verde, when they already had people inhabiting the land before the white man 'discovered' it, how u discover something that already had people in it
4:25 speeding can lead to multi car collisions and not paying child support deprives the child. Instant deportation may not be the solution but those are definitely not minor offenses. Stop making shit about racism Cape Verdeans have been here for over 100 years nobody’s care about the color of you’re skin other than the people who make skin color a priority. Rather not generalize peoples culture based on what they look like, that’s racist. Also what’s up with the poor islands that can’t afford to come here? What do they have to say about the wealthy islanders that have boughten up tons of American land and businesses just to leave there island in the dark. Kind of fucked up depriving you’re people when you’re living in a luxury even greater then most Americans rn
Paul Gonsalves was born July 12 1920 right up the street from where I live, he’s one of the greatest jazz musicians and nothing held him back from being a legend. His family migrated from Cape Verde and proceeded to live the American dream 100 years ago 20 years before the civil rights movement.
I’m Italian, and let me tell you the rich history of my culture didn’t hold together as well as you’res, as my people where starting families with Americans yall where fucking cusions and kept in in the family
Btw y’all be racist as fuck against people like me, it’s weird growing up being with everybody then going to school just to be looked at as “The white boy” like as if we weren’t all just people I had to be labeled by the way I looked couldn’t accept me as an individual had to judge me because I was white so I was automatically into white shit which meant I’m instantly an asshole. As if I didn’t grow up with y’all going thru the same shit, the only difference is while y’all went on you’re summer vacation to the homeland me and my family where still stuck here around a bunch of drug addicts. Don’t even get me started about the drugs, idc how hot it is I’m not going to sit there and pretend y’all ain’t getting everybody fucked up out here you got families helping ship fenty from across the boarder like tf y’all doing to what’s supposedly “our” community
So you turn my people, my families into addicts and you buy up all the property. (they made the decision on there own to get high tho)but y’all supplied the drugs, took advantage of my people and my land to make a profit and disregarded the poorer islands of Cape Verde. Okay cool, they got cokeacola now but how about some decent infrastructure? How about set them up for better living before setting up you’re own luxuries. Don’t want to hear nothing about oppression when you actively impressing people with you’re wealth and influence
I respect the people who respect them selves and there people, I disrespect the people who take advantage of others for there own self gain.
Where I don't agree is that there were no indigenous people in the Islands… I doubt that and of course I don't have any proof. But our history didn't start with slavery or colonialization….
Marcy, hey it's been years….this is Jemal from New B…. had to look twice once your name pulled up on the screen… a second part is needed to link more of the connections of CV worldwide and the contributions
You belong where other non-AA Blacks fit. We and AAs need to mutually respect each other. We as Blacks need to be a part of the struggle to elevate the Black experience in this country, and we need to also be grateful for, and respectful of, the struggles AA forebears went through to get us where we are now. AAs also need to remember that a few non-AA Blacks also contributed to the struggle. Long story short, although we have our different subcultures, we should all be united in supporting the elevation of lives in the US, because it is a win for all of us.
Damn I’m half cape verdian and she got the same last name as me
They are African American not the black we love them but that’s the truth
I’m Portuguese and black. And my great grandfather came from the Camp Verde Islands. He was a fisherman and met my great grandma n Hawaii. On my mother side I am third generation in America. I feel very special and unique for knowing that. So I like watching these type of videos. It honestly put everything together.
Our grandmother was born in Cabo Verde we are teaching our baby her heritage through art