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 ?Crioulo? population quickly evolved from a small group of Portuguese settlers and large numbers of slaves from the West African coast. In this important new study, Dr. Richard Lobban sketch
Richard A. Lobban Jr. is professor of anthropology and director of the Program of African and Afro-American Studies at Rhode Island College.
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
