1st Edition

Cape Verde Crioulo Colony To Independent Nation

By Richard A Lobban Copyright 1995
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

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 "Crioula" population quickly evolved from a small group of Portuguese settlers and large numbers of slaves from the West African coast. In this important, integrated new study, Dr. Richard Lobban sketches Cape Verde's complex history over... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments -- 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

Biography

Lobban, Richard A