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2 unusual facts about Cape Verdean


Barnstable High School

Barnstable is also one of the most diverse schools on Cape Cod due to its population of Cape Verdean, Brazilian, and Portuguese-American families in the community.

Cape Verdean

For information about the Cape Verdean people, see Demographics of Cape Verde and Culture of Cape Verde.


Demographics of Massachusetts

Fall River and New Bedford on the south coast have large populations of Portuguese, Brazilian, and Cape Verdean heritage, all of which are also prevalent in the Brockton area.


see also

Carlos Morais

Carlos Pedro Silva Morais, Cape Verdean association football (soccer) player

Culture of Cape Verde

Cesária Évora, Tcheka, and other Cape Verdean singers throughout the world.

José Semedo

José Filipe Correia Semedo (born 1979), Portuguese-born Cape Verdean football forward

Papiamento

Some specifically claim that the Afro-Portuguese mother language of Papiamentu arose from a mixture of the Mina pidgin/creole (a mixture of Cape Verdean pidgin/creole with Twi) and the Angolar creole (derived from languages of Angola and Congo).

Ricardo Ferreira

Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean football defender nicknamed Ricardo

Vario

João Vário (1937-2007), Cape Verdean writer, neurosurgeon, scientist and professor