About Cape Verde
Most multitude only know Cape Verde throughout the haunting mornos (mournful songs) of Cesária Évora. To visit her homeland – a series of unlikely volcanic islands some 500km off the coast of Senegal – is to understand the strange, bittersweet amalgam of West African rhythms and mournful Portuguese melodies that build her music. it’s not just open ocean that separates Cape Verde from the rest of West Africa. Cooling currents, for example, hold temperatures moderate, and a stable political and economic system alleviate uphold West Africa’s highest measure of living. The population, who represent varying degrees of African and Portuguese heritage, liking seem exuberantly warm if you sail in straight from, say, Britain, but refreshingly low-key if you arrive from Lagos or Dakar.