Rappers sing Cabral
It’s often noted that Cabral’s legacy is at risk of fading among younger generations born in independent Cabo Verde. However, there are those committed in preserving his memory alive and…
CABO VERDE & ITS MUSIC
A VIRTUAL MUSEUM
A deep dive into the universe of Cabo-Verdean music in all its complexity.
Cabo-Verdean musical practices, on the islands or in other places where the diaspora has settled.
Personalities, instruments, stories, memories, documents, musical styles, dances, books, recordings, melodies, lyrics, photos, videos…
Preserving the memory in order to tell the history.
“Recent innovations and debates over popular music practices and tastes, in fact, reveal diverse, emerging, and sometimes new constructions of Cape Verdean identity across its broad range of diasporic locations.”
Timothy Sieber,
in the article “Popular music and cultural identity in the Cape Verdean post-colonial diaspora”, Etnográfica, Vol. IX (1), 2005.
SPOTLIGHT
We celebrate the Centennial of Amilcar Cabral with songs that mourn his death, highlight his role in the trajectory of the Cape Verdean people, and keep his memory alive. In various musical formats, such as morna, koladera, samba, funaná, reggae, and rap, different genres have been used over the last 50 years to honor Cabral. Click here to listen, and here to view Cabral’s page.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED VIDEO
This project is no longer just virtual
An introduction to Cape Verdean musical genres for those who only speak English (in the Cape Verdean community or North Americans in general) is the proposal of this exhibition that can be seen at the Cape Verdean Museum in Pawtucket.
The result of a partnership between “Cabo Verde & Its Music – Virtual Museum” and Cabo Verde Museum, with the support of the Pedro Pires Institute for Cape Verdean Studies (Bridgewater State University).
It is the first time that “Cabo Verde & Its Music – Virtual Museum” transitions from the digital realm to a tangible, in-person experience.
Thank you to Bridgewater State University, who made this initiative possible! Thank you to the Cabo Verde Museum, for hosting this project!
Exhibitions
A space for the visual memory of Cape Verdean music
This is a visual memory space for Cape Verdean music. Do you want to share your photos or documents?
Send us your proposal to contato@caboverdeamusica.online
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50 years singing Cabral
Cabo Verde & Its Music – A Virtual Museum associates itself to the celebrations of the centennial of Amilcar Cabral by sharing compositions that talk about the political leader and…
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