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Culture: Cape Verde

Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore. Check sites listed under 'General' for more information and under 'Search Engines' for more sites.

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

African Women Writers (http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMECalphabetique.html)
Alphabetical list of women writers in the languages Afrikaans, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

African Writers: Voices of Change (http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/writers.htm)
African literature site from the University of Florida with links to literature, discussion groups, journals, biographies, study guides and more.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

EscapeArtist.com (http://www.escapeartist.com/efam13/Cape%5FVerde%5FIslands.html)
Information, books on Cape Verde for those considering moving there. Includes real estate articles on living and investing, etc.

Festival da Baia das Gatas
(http://www.festivalbaiadasgatas.cv/)
Annual musical festival celebrated in Cape Verde.

National Anthem -- Africa (http://www.thenationalanthems.com/africa/index.htm)
Provides the national anthem in the official language and in English translation, and the local time.

NewAfrica.com (http://www.newafrica.com)
Useful site for general data.

Remembering the Past - The Cabo Verde Immigrant (http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-97/02-02-97/a11lo052.htm)
Photographs of early generations of Cape Verdeans in the United States from SouthCoast Today.Com.

SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions -- Africa (http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/index.html)
“...lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about collections found within the institutions.”

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

Cape Verde: A Virtual Portal (http://virtualcapeverde.net/)
Produced by the Embassy of Cape Verde (Washington, DC) Cape Verdean managed public-private partnership ...designed to use technology to dissemination of information about the country of Cape Verde. Power point presentations, etc.

Afrika.no: the Index on Africa (The Norwegian Council for Africa) (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

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