to everyone that says that my country is close to africa,they are wrong cape verde is africa ok and we are black mixed with european.but we still made our own identity.but we are proud black africans
Each African country has its own identity, in fact, every country in the world has its own. Cape Verdean is sometimes white, sometimes black, whenever it suits him.
The majoririty of capverdeans are brown and darkskin but still you'll find racism and colorism we still have That colonial mindset it's sad only those who live in Portugal or France really know that they are black because the sociaty make it clear
You are soo right I am European Cap Verdean and I'm choked by seeing all those ignorant comment about Cape Verdean like me who think they are white. SMH
The beauty of CapeVerden People, is from inside and Out, but some times it's very complicated for some Capeverdean to identified our Culture because of the color of their skin, but for thoes who are very proud of our Culture, have no problems to Identifyed and to dignifyed them selves about Cape Verdean roots and where we camo from, are for really.
It’s funny because Portuguese(along with western Spaniards) have the highest North African ancestry in Europe so they should have no place to discriminate. I agree but that’s mostly the older generation. The younger of Cape Verdeans like me we are different.
I used to live in Brava with my aunt. I hate the mentality of American Cape Verdean. Some of them know nothing about the country. Cape Verde is AFRICA, come here in Brava and try to say that you are not african but mixed because of your 2% Portuguese blood, they will laugh of you. My dad is not mixed European at all. Proud to a Caboverdiana and Africana 😘💖💖✊
If that's your real picture then it's proof that you're the one with denial issues. I had a good friend in Lisbon from Cabo Verde, looked far more African than you, and she told me stories about how her father had stunning blue eyes and how everyone was just as proud of their European roots as they were of their African. Mixed peoples have the privilege to draw pride from multiple cultures. It's a shame you're choosing not to benefit from that privilege.
@@TagusMan A large percentage of Black America (I would wager) can also say that they're mixed with European blood - most not by choice. My question is, can they also claim to be European with a side-eyed glance?
I'm South African with a cape Verdean mother and I have met a few people of cape Verdean decent in this part of the world.You guys are doing a great job and that motivates me to do something also!
Interesting. Never thought of Cape Verdeans in African countries that are not Francophone or Lusaphone. I live in Rotterdam. Of course the harbour brought us here. How did the Cape Verdeans get over there? Study / scholarship maybe?
I'm proud to see a video like this ;-) . I'm also a Cape Verdean from Holland and working on a project for/in CV. Nothing but Love for those who have a goal in life that includes helping their country,
Cape Verde is a very magical place!! And the people are so warm and respectful!! It’s a shame of how the countries history started, super happy the islands are evolving!!!
It’s a shame to see Cape Verdeans trying to marginalize their uniqueness to fit into a culture that is not their own. We traveled across the Atlantic in schooners at the turn of the 20th century. I challenge anyone to show me another group that did this. We have distinct music and cuisine. Be proud to be Cape Verdean and don’t let jealous people marginalize the UNIQUE culture of Cape Verde.
Totally nonsense as if its some achievement traveling across the Atlantic in schooners. Small brains, stupidity, self hate is the problem with a lot of naive Africans.
Mo you have self hate and want to claim groups of people that have beautiful people and a beautiful culture. The first thing people say is that Cape Verdean women are fine. We have s unique culture and awesomely beautiful people.
You're very insightfull alot of CV are especialy the ones born in the U.S have no clue that we are African lol.African's come in all color's people are ignorant as hell.Capeverde is a beutiful African country we come in all shade's we are proud African's.
They made it seem like Cape Verdeans in Cape Verde are really poor by saying they don't own pencils but in reality they do and the all wear name brands like we do in the USA.
The part in the beginning where the guy was like whos your mother whos your father whi your grandmother? Ahh we're cousins was so funny cause it was true
not in your country but are known to the world. After we ranked 27th in the world best soccer teams. We have an active volcano that just erupted last month after 15 years and its all over the news world wide. BBC has a been talking bout building an international channel for Cape Verde to be viewed world wide.... We are known in New England but why do we need to expand through the US where business and jobs are not at their best right now//.//We good, We CV!!!!
You ain't lying people always think I'm Spanish we I tell them I'm Cape Verdian they say where is that? I say off the coast of Africa then they more confused 🤣🤣🤣
I learned and met quite a few people from there when I went to school in Boston in the early 2000s. Before then, I had never even heard of this island nation. Another student told me about it and that's all I knew until recently. I mistakenly thought she said off of the southern coast of Africa, yet now I know she said Western
When I was Living in Boston, Roxbury Area, A lot of Cape Verdean People there and very friendly and welcoming. Hopefully one day can visit. Met a Lady from Islands, Edna, working in a restaurant/Bar and was someone would of loved to be with to this day. I have Roots on Continent, Cameroon/Greek(Mother and Father respectively) and believe I would fit right in. This is Luke from California.
Cape Verdean people had indigenous people there. It was not a empty island. It is very close to Africa. Don't let people brainwash you into thinking The Portuguese found that land.
***** Let's put it like this.. In history books it's said the europeans discovered Americas.... Look at the size of the Americas... look at the size of the cape verdean islands... what happened?... Genocide... now you tell me which one has a better succes rate of having survivors.... If the native americans don't keep their heritage in mind in a few hundred years there will be no mention of native americans in history at all
***** That's what I mean.. HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY IT'S WINNERS... And if we are lucky ( like there still being native americans ) we can see the bs in the writings... Second the grounds were no good for farming needs for the productionmarket.... it was well good enough for an little population... The Cape Verdeans that live there would die if they couldn't farm.... If there were any natives there there wouldn't be that many.. and knowing how the europeans worked with the colonizations it is not far fetched to think they would exterminate those few people that might have been there and then say yea we discovered it!..
***** You realize the CV islands played a big role in the slavetrade.. it was a important post for ships heading to the Americas... I'll give you it might not been great for food or tabacco production.. but don't tell me it had no importance
Nicely done! As a native Cape Verdean (Brava) I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for the shout out to the various Cape Verdean business owners here too. Now, I know a new restaurant in Pawtucket! I can't wait to try it!
My great grandma and grandfather came to the United States from the Cape verd island of Brava. A lot of my uncle's would go back and bring things or send things over from the state's. I use to give my uncle Victor toys and clothes to send over. My uncle Victor would tell me so many stories about the island and about family that we still have there. Unfortunately the older generation is passing away and with them. The food and the stories. I miss my great grandma Barros so much. She was an amazing women who raised 11 children. All by herself after my great grandfather died. I try to teach my children the few things I do remeber, but we just lost my grandma and I miss her cooking so much! They taught us to be strong and proud. Even though I'm only half Cape verd. I was lucky enough to be raised around all my Cape verd family. The love we got can't ever be replaced. I would of loved to have known so much more then I did. I tell everyone that to share stories and food with there children and children's children because so much gets lost along the way. So I tell them to hold on to it all and never forget not just what you are but who you are. Thank you for sharing your story. It reminds me A lot of my own family and our journey. Thank you
@SHANNY ♊ no I'm from Providence RI..My family is Barros. My father is Capeverd by his mother and Black and Native American from his dad. My mother is Italian and only lord knows what else 😂 So I'm all mixed up 🤣 But my great grandma Barros had 11 children. My grandma was one of her oldest out of the 11 kids. Unfortunately my great grandma lost the youngest daughter when she was only a baby. So there were 10 brothers and sisters. Unfortunately everyone is getting older and passing away. Now there are only 4 out of the 11 children still alive. There are alot of Capeverd families in Rhode Island 😊
@SHANNY ♊ My son's father is Capeverd as well from East Providence where there are alot of Capeverds as well. My sons grandparents are Fontes and Hopkins. There are also the Perrys and Alves as well. My nieces family is Silvas. So RI is definitely filled with Capeverd families 😁 I moved to Florida and they didn't know what Capeverd was. Even when I met my husband he was from New York and he said "What's a Capeverd 🤣. It was and still is alot of great families and history here of so many wonderful families in RI. It's just hard when we lose our elders. I have to say I was lucky I got to grow up on a street with alot of my family members and if they didn't live right on my street they were all a stone throw away. I never figured out what made everyone come here but I'm glad they did 😊
The Lomba family is a perfect example of why you never want to separate children from their parents. Our society places too much emphasis on the material. And yes no doubt today the family enjoys what appears to be an upper middle class lifestyle. However, being separated from her mother for 10 years left a deep scar in her psyche and in spite of 30 year she continues to suffer pain in quiet desperation. My personal opinion is best to remain poor but together rather than separate and rich. You be the judge.
this video was amazing; very informative. I'm booking a holiday and wanted to know more about the islands. I'm happy there is more depth than once thought.
CVNHOUSTON dude, you go away, what the fuk u talkinga bout, me clowning CV ?? when? why would i do that? idk i just notice ur "cv" name now, what's up with that? We our proud of all our Afro influence culture, unlike Black American who want to force us to deny who we are and try to ashamed us for being proud of all our cultures. . The difference is that we don't give 3 crap about Europe or Africa, we are Latinos and we consider both continents STRANGERS. Yes we our proud of the 3 heritage that made a Dominican, but it's OUR now. I could say the same thing about u guys.. " we are proud of our European heritage unlike you Cape Verdeans" exactly... but that would be stupid cuz I DO NOT know ur culture, i CANNOT judge your culture throw the Afro-Americanized racial/cultural/experience point of view. You went to Dominicans bashing us and talking crap about a people you CLEARLY didn't know, am not even here bashing or talking crap about Cape Verdeans unlike you who took Black American side and you look our TOTALLY different culture throw the Black Afro-Americanized view/culture/lent. I live in Mass and there are town full of your people here in the south of boston and black American treat your ppl like crap and i have hear many calling you guys "self haters" because many of u guys don't all yourselves "blacks" even thought the majority are Mixes and LOVE to identify as Cape Verdean BEFORE identifying as "blacks". So we aren't the only one being attack by jealousy black americans, you guys are too, together with Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Mixes Latinos who do not identify as "blacks". JUST LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FOR FUK SHAKE!!! black american are PURE jealousy of us, yet u wanna attack us? smh.
YoDanyrd D Dude you just seem to be on some mixed nazi shit....We know we have mixed blood but we're not ashamed of the African in us. You guys hate the Haitians because they are darker. We respect to our darker ancestors, one wouldn't exist without the other. We don't spend our whole time arguing about not being black, etc. We're CV, and CV is off the west African coast. #proudCabo
YoDanyrd D Also, Trujillo (DR dictator) killed thousands of folks because of how they looked. CV has no history of killing darker skinned people. We all live together as CVs.
CVNHOUSTON You clearly don't know Dominican/Haitian history, all you know is bullshit from black supremacy and afrocentrics who want to destroy the moral and great culture of Dominicans, just look at the comments in the video of A.A. accusing you guys of the same shit YOU are accusing us. HOW IRONIC... SMH. Dominicans had suffer alot by the hand of the Haitians, in the late 1800's the Haitians stole a big chunk of our border when they imported and order Haitians to move to our border side, and no body could stop them, and it was so many that we went to the international community but the I.C. failed us when they gave our land to the Haitians bcs the part of the border was full of them. One quarter of the Haitian today territory was part of the D.R. Then decades pass and during Trujillo time, the Haitians try to do the same thing, by sending Haitians to our border, AGAIN, and Trujillo knew of what the Haitians were trying to do again, and he send many massage to the Haitians ordering them to stop sending haitians and to take their people back, He knew the Haitians plan but they never listen to him, and he order his soldier to take the Haitians back to Haiti and this is were the killing of Haitians happened bcs Trujillo was trying to protect the Dominican territory NOT bcs they were black as many Afrocentrics and Black Supremacy had try to twist the history, of course i do not support the killing but what he was doing was protecting the DR territory.
WTF because their mixed? Fucked them no offence to yall cape Verdes...but I'm black American and if wasn't i would pick Nigeria or ghana because of their rich history....dont be obsessed with these people because their fucking mixed..smh
Al Lomba u ask why are people without a connection to CV care what CV people are? the one universal thing that perpetuates hate, slavery, racism and genocide is ignorance and not caring about each other unless they are "like" you. a long time ago (biblical times) someone made up hate-strictly-based-on-being the wrong race and made it a tradition to pass along---later color was added to the mix. The best combat against racism is acceptance of diversity and caring about each other begins acceptance. peace.
@@capeverdeanprincess4444 😂😂😂 Cala boca. I have ancestors from Cape Verde. You mean there is no such thing as Cape Verdean DNA…Stop gatekeeping like a palhaça.
Some Brazilian Americans look like Caper Verdean Americans than other Brazilians for example Pardo Brazilians in the U.S. from the Northeast is look like Cape Verdean Mulattos than German/Italian Brazilians in the US from south
Responding to Play Segment: 2:57 through 3:00. Namibia is the LATEST African Country to Gain Independence [March 21st; 1990]. After World War One, it was Mandated to Britain by the League of Nations & administered by South Africa. A little caveat: The Last Colony in Africa is Western Sahara. It’s been under Moroccan Occupation since 1975 against the wishes of the indigenous Sahrawi people.
I'm Cape Verdean and I can tell you right now, no one ever calls it (CAPE- VER-DI) it makes me so mad, and I know a lot of other people agree. The direct translation from "Cabo Verde" would be "place green" or "green land" but of course there's already a place called GreenLand...
Cameron Lopes it’s not green place, but green cape. We got the name from Cap Vert in Senegal, which is the westerly most cape is West Africa. So we are Cape Verde Islands. Besides, for the last 500 years the islands have been very arid due to the proximity to Sahara desert. Study the history of the islands more and you’ll understand it better. Greetings
There is some historical inaccuracy about the name of Cape Verde (Green)...It wasn't green (verde) when the Portugueses find the islands. The name of Cape Verde derives of a cape named cape verde in the African coast, that´s why they called it the islands of cape verde (Green)
Etymology[edit] The name of the country stems from the nearby Cap-Vert, on the Senegalese coast,[5] which in its turn was originally named "Cabo Verde" when it was sighted by Portuguese explorers in 1444, a few years before the islands were discovered (verde is Portuguese for "green"). On October 24, 2013 it was announced at the United Nations that the official name should no longer be translated into other languages. Instead of "Cape Verde", the designation "Republic of Cabo Verde" is to be used.[4][6]
Portuguese Kings Joao II and especially Manuel I in 1496, determined to exile thousands of Jews to Sao Tome, Principe, and Cape Verde. The numbers expelled at this time were so great that the term Portuguese" almost implied those of Jewish origin. Those who were not expelled were converted by force or were even executed..profound oppression during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions when they became termed Marannos (Moorish Jews) or Judeus Segredos (Secret Jews). This led to forced conversions and to Jews becoming known as Novos Cristaos (New Christians).-Dr. Richard Lobban University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Cape Verde is not the last African country to gain independence, many countries gained independence since 1975 until the last country Republic of South Sudan gained independence in 2011. Cabo Verde is on my bucket list of African countries to still visit...thank you.
@@haatpraat2993 my comment said there were many countries that gained independence *until* the last country ROSS. Seychelles in 1976, Djibouti 1977, Zimbabwe 1980, etc. Unless this documentary was made in 1975 then that piece of ìnformation is inaccurate. The war in Sudan has no real relevance because the context is about giving accurate information.
É pena que ela não conheça a história do seu país, limitando-se a replicar a cartilha do pós-independência. A História de CV é muito mais interessante e digna.
My fellow cape Verde people who else was yelling at the screen saying that the Portuguese did not find cape verde And who hates when people say that capo verde is IN Africa Uuhhhh😤
@@rhaenyratargaryen4394 lol she wish it was in Europe. Self hating Africans
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1. Cape Verde is an AFRICAN Island 2. Cape Verde culture is a mixture of Portuguese and AFRICAN 3. Cape Verdeans speak Creole(Kriolu), which consists of Portuguese and West African languages. 4. Stop hating yourself!
Because it is not pronounced Ver-deh in Cape Verde. It is either pronounced Verdi or Verd. Ver-deh is how it would be pronounced in Spanish. It is weird though to hear the American version "Verrd", but American English doesn't have an equivalent sound for the er combination as found in Portuguese and Kriolu/Kriól.
the beautiful indigenous people called the ancient Phoenicians inhabited that island for thousands of years. Before the Portuguese came to colonize and brainwashed the natives.
ANTPHRESSH Oh, so discrediting a video based on another video? Dont get me wrong, i'm not saying that you're wrong or right. The thing is that every proof that we have so far shows that the portuguese found Cape Verde and it was inhabited at the time. Even if other people have passed through the islands, they never set civilization.
Ryan Hill No, it's not. I'm Cape Verdean and I assure you, most of us love USA, there's about 250,000Cape Verdeans in the USA, that's about half of the population on Cape Verde
Oh my gosh if I didn’t hear that you were from Cape Verde I would have thought you guys were Creoles from New Orleans. I’m a creole and you all look like family.
Watching this as I am leaving CV. I am Tunisian but visited CV 3 times...love this country ...I am always mistaken for a CV because people from Maghreb look like they could be from CV and vice versa...it is funny though.
I had to stop and pause at 1:45 ... NO! The Islands are litarally called 'The Islands of Cape Verd' / 'Ilhas de Cabo Verde'. The place that Portuguese called Cabo Verde HAS TO BE REVISITED BY UNBIASED SCHOLARS. The place where the Portuguese landed that they called Cabo Verde is nowadays in the Senegalese province called Casamance. The capital is called Ziguinchor and it is actually a bastardization of 'Es txiga, nos txorra'... yes. That also means we already spoke the our language. Let that marinate or realize we were the Moors before MAAFA. There is a lot more to confirm this. We have to replace the glasses we use to look to OUR WORLD!
$$$THAT YOUR FAMILY LOMBA GUY SAY IT AT THE BEGINNING WHO YOUR FAMILY WE COUSIN REAL TALK $YOU FROM BOSTON SIDE ROXBURY$ DORCHESTER$GOOD KNOWLEDGE RIGHT HERE$$$
Isnt rosinha closed now I haven't been there in a while I'm from pawtuck first descendant capeverdean my dad brought my mom here only 15 years ago a year before I was born my dad came from cape verde I believe 20 years ago they met in cv and are still together
I'm Cape Verdian and we all mixed up. I got light skin and dark skin in my family. Do a DNA test I'm %28 West African %24 Iberian%12 north African %3 Senegal %16 Italian %2 Mali East European %4 %6 southeast Asian %3 Irish/scottish/welsh %2 sardinian.
most ppl think there were just portuguese ppl involved in the slave trade, there where english, jews, portuguese, italians, etc everybody was involved including other africans in the continent, my famiy lived in mozambique for 100 years until 1974, and they told me lots africans sold other africans until 1900 to work as slaves in mozambique, my family never had any problems with blacks in africa.
to everyone that says that my country is close to africa,they are wrong cape verde is africa ok and we are black mixed with european.but we still made our own identity.but we are proud black africans
Each African country has its own identity, in fact, every country in the world has its own. Cape Verdean is sometimes white, sometimes black, whenever it suits him.
Mercas ED I agree
problem.we are africans like or not.
I don't have a problem with you being African but remind you're countrymen of that because they seem to believe they are not
Papel (Guinee-Bissau) make out a great deal of our ancestry and they are not all dark. We may have to revisit the supposed notion that we are mixed.
The majoririty of capverdeans are brown and darkskin but still you'll find racism and colorism we still have That colonial mindset it's sad only those who live in Portugal or France really know that they are black because the sociaty make it clear
You are soo right I am European Cap Verdean and I'm choked by seeing all those ignorant comment about Cape Verdean like me who think they are white. SMH
Thanks for your truth brother 💪👊
The beauty of CapeVerden People, is from inside and Out, but some times it's very complicated for some Capeverdean to identified our Culture because of the color of their skin, but for thoes who are very proud of our Culture, have no problems to Identifyed and to dignifyed them selves about Cape Verdean roots and where we camo from, are for really.
How is this my culture. I was born in Cabo Verde. It is not cape verde or na lob. #nhalobo
It’s funny because Portuguese(along with western Spaniards) have the highest North African ancestry in Europe so they should have no place to discriminate.
I agree but that’s mostly the older generation. The younger of Cape Verdeans like me we are different.
Cape Verde women beauty is very underrated.
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@@Macky20z 😂😂😂😂😂
Haitian women's beauty is very underrated.
I used to live in Brava with my aunt. I hate the mentality of American Cape Verdean. Some of them know nothing about the country. Cape Verde is AFRICA, come here in Brava and try to say that you are not african but mixed because of your 2% Portuguese blood, they will laugh of you. My dad is not mixed European at all. Proud to a Caboverdiana and Africana 😘💖💖✊
Danni Hjøllund Karjaälainen is that your picture in the avitar?
If that's your real picture then it's proof that you're the one with denial issues. I had a good friend in Lisbon from Cabo Verde, looked far more African than you, and she told me stories about how her father had stunning blue eyes and how everyone was just as proud of their European roots as they were of their African. Mixed peoples have the privilege to draw pride from multiple cultures. It's a shame you're choosing not to benefit from that privilege.
My mother's family is from Brava:)
Danielle Karjaälainen Kizuato he is probably is from Guinea-Bissau
@@TagusMan A large percentage of Black America (I would wager) can also say that they're mixed with European blood - most not by choice. My question is, can they also claim to be European with a side-eyed glance?
I'm South African with a cape Verdean mother and I have met a few people of cape Verdean decent in this part of the world.You guys are doing a great job and that motivates me to do something also!
Interesting. Never thought of Cape Verdeans in African countries that are not Francophone or Lusaphone.
I live in Rotterdam. Of course the harbour brought us here. How did the Cape Verdeans get over there? Study / scholarship maybe?
@NEGUS MBARKA 😂😂😂😂😂 come on be nice
Cape Verdeans are some of the most sexiest and most beautiful people in the world.
Thank you for this documentary i never knew much about these people
ANTPHRESSH yea.... we are kind of awesome
ANTPHRESSH Yeah the females.
In my Elvis voice thank you very much🤗🤗🤗
Aww thank you!!
I’m talking to a hot guy and he’s half of cape verdian
My maternal grandmother's family is originally from cape Verde . Much love from Senegal
I'm proud to see a video like this ;-) . I'm also a Cape Verdean from Holland and working on a project for/in CV. Nothing but Love for those who have a goal in life that includes helping their country,
Cape Verde is a very magical place!! And the people are so warm and respectful!! It’s a shame of how the countries history started, super happy the islands are evolving!!!
It’s a shame to see Cape Verdeans trying to marginalize their uniqueness to fit into a culture that is not their own. We traveled across the Atlantic in schooners at the turn of the 20th century. I challenge anyone to show me another group that did this. We have distinct music and cuisine. Be proud to be Cape Verdean and don’t let jealous people marginalize the UNIQUE culture of Cape Verde.
Totally nonsense as if its some achievement traveling across the Atlantic in schooners. Small brains, stupidity, self hate is the problem with a lot of naive Africans.
Mo you have self hate and want to claim groups of people that have beautiful people and a beautiful culture. The first thing people say is that Cape Verdean women are fine. We have s unique culture and awesomely beautiful people.
@@allombard615 I think you are loosing your mind, white lover, keep adopting your slave masters criterions
BMo Cape Verdeans were never slaves
every ethnic group has a unique culture.☺️
You're very insightfull alot of CV are especialy the ones born in the U.S have no clue that we are African lol.African's come in all color's people are ignorant as hell.Capeverde is a beutiful African country we come in all shade's we are proud African's.
Facts thanks for your truth
I would say the other way around. It’s the ones in America that know they are African, the ones in Cape Verde don’t really care much.
They made it seem like Cape Verdeans in Cape Verde are really poor by saying they don't own pencils but in reality they do and the all wear name brands like we do in the USA.
The media is going to hate
True! LOL
darrenraphael Just like they do to Haiti.
The part in the beginning where the guy was like whos your mother whos your father whi your grandmother? Ahh we're cousins was so funny cause it was true
This is a people that are not really known much about and are usually mistaken for Puerto Rican.
not in your country but are known to the world. After we ranked 27th in the world best soccer teams. We have an active volcano that just erupted last month after 15 years and its all over the news world wide. BBC has a been talking bout building an international channel for Cape Verde to be viewed world wide.... We are known in New England but why do we need to expand through the US where business and jobs are not at their best right now//.//We good, We CV!!!!
im half puerto rican and get mistaken for cape verde quite a bit
You ain't lying people always think I'm Spanish we I tell them I'm Cape Verdian they say where is that?
I say off the coast of Africa then they more confused 🤣🤣🤣
I learned and met quite a few people from there when I went to school in Boston in the early 2000s. Before then, I had never even heard of this island nation. Another student told me about it and that's all I knew until recently. I mistakenly thought she said off of the southern coast of Africa, yet now I know she said Western
That happens to my mom, mostly when she's outside of New England area🙉
When I was Living in Boston, Roxbury Area, A lot of Cape Verdean People there and very friendly and welcoming. Hopefully one day can visit. Met a Lady from Islands, Edna, working in a restaurant/Bar and was someone would of loved to be with to this day. I have Roots on Continent, Cameroon/Greek(Mother and Father respectively) and believe I would fit right in. This is Luke from California.
Cape Verdean people had indigenous people there. It was not a empty island. It is very close to Africa. Don't let people brainwash you into thinking The Portuguese found that land.
***** Let's put it like this.. In history books it's said the europeans discovered Americas.... Look at the size of the Americas... look at the size of the cape verdean islands... what happened?... Genocide... now you tell me which one has a better succes rate of having survivors.... If the native americans don't keep their heritage in mind in a few hundred years there will be no mention of native americans in history at all
The Doctor EXACTLY MY BROTHER EXACTLY!
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That's what I mean.. HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY IT'S WINNERS... And if we are lucky ( like there still being native americans ) we can see the bs in the writings... Second the grounds were no good for farming needs for the productionmarket.... it was well good enough for an little population... The Cape Verdeans that live there would die if they couldn't farm....
If there were any natives there there wouldn't be that many.. and knowing how the europeans worked with the colonizations it is not far fetched to think they would exterminate those few people that might have been there and then say yea we discovered it!..
***** You realize the CV islands played a big role in the slavetrade.. it was a important post for ships heading to the Americas... I'll give you it might not been great for food or tabacco production.. but don't tell me it had no importance
ANTPHRESSH its not very close to Africa is in Africa
Nicely done! As a native Cape Verdean (Brava) I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for the shout out to the various Cape Verdean business owners here too. Now, I know a new restaurant in Pawtucket! I can't wait to try it!
I’m mixed with Cape Verde,guinea Bissau and guinea conagry🥰🥰🥰 I’m so proud of my roots
I'm Louisiana-Creole, Native American and Black American! I'm proud too
Who asked about guinea
The lombas have such a beautiful family! They’re daughters are so sweet! We need more families like them❤️
CABO VERDE 🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍💙💙💙💙💙
Olá!
🇨🇻Bon dia🇨🇻
Africa is beautiful nation I love all my African people black people are beautiful that come in all different Colors. You don't have to be dark
What's wrong with being dark?
Massa don't like it so it's wrong.
That's because of the mixes with all the countries that invaded Africa none of us are pure African unfortunately.
Cristina Cabral I would say that most Sub-Saharan Africans are pure African with some mixed groups here and there.
Knight Rider, did he/she say it's wrong? Or is that your interpretation of what was written?
Famous jazz pianist Horace Silver had a Cape Verdean father. See the Blue Note album, "Cape Verdean Blues."
My great grandma and grandfather came to the United States from the Cape verd island of Brava. A lot of my uncle's would go back and bring things or send things over from the state's. I use to give my uncle Victor toys and clothes to send over. My uncle Victor would tell me so many stories about the island and about family that we still have there. Unfortunately the older generation is passing away and with them. The food and the stories. I miss my great grandma Barros so much. She was an amazing women who raised 11 children. All by herself after my great grandfather died. I try to teach my children the few things I do remeber, but we just lost my grandma and I miss her cooking so much! They taught us to be strong and proud. Even though I'm only half Cape verd. I was lucky enough to be raised around all my Cape verd family. The love we got can't ever be replaced. I would of loved to have known so much more then I did. I tell everyone that to share stories and food with there children and children's children because so much gets lost along the way. So I tell them to hold on to it all and never forget not just what you are but who you are. Thank you for sharing your story. It reminds me A lot of my own family and our journey. Thank you
@SHANNY ♊ no my dad is half Capeverd. His mother is Capeverd and his father is Black American and Native American 😊
@SHANNY ♊ no I'm from Providence RI..My family is Barros. My father is Capeverd by his mother and Black and Native American from his dad. My mother is Italian and only lord knows what else 😂 So I'm all mixed up 🤣 But my great grandma Barros had 11 children. My grandma was one of her oldest out of the 11 kids. Unfortunately my great grandma lost the youngest daughter when she was only a baby. So there were 10 brothers and sisters. Unfortunately everyone is getting older and passing away. Now there are only 4 out of the 11 children still alive. There are alot of Capeverd families in Rhode Island 😊
@SHANNY ♊ My son's father is Capeverd as well from East Providence where there are alot of Capeverds as well. My sons grandparents are Fontes and Hopkins. There are also the Perrys and Alves as well. My nieces family is Silvas. So RI is definitely filled with Capeverd families 😁 I moved to Florida and they didn't know what Capeverd was. Even when I met my husband he was from New York and he said "What's a Capeverd 🤣. It was and still is alot of great families and history here of so many wonderful families in RI. It's just hard when we lose our elders. I have to say I was lucky I got to grow up on a street with alot of my family members and if they didn't live right on my street they were all a stone throw away. I never figured out what made everyone come here but I'm glad they did 😊
@SHANNY ♊ they really do 🤣 take care and love and blessings always 😊
katchupa IS LIFE !!!!!!
YAASSSSSSS
Ana You r Beautiful hi beauty
I hate cachupa!
Shea Butter cachupa is nasty
I loove Cachupaa♥and Pastel♥
Have you ever been to cecaria?
francesca amado Have you ever been to Cecaria?
Me tambem!
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary! From the sights, to sounds! I could almost taste the foods!
Thanks for this video! I'm half Cape Verdean
Definitely want to go there soon😃🇨🇻
The green cape comes from Senegal cape coast which was very green at the time. Thats why its Ilhas do Cabo Verde.
When that First Lady started talking and saying Cape Verde I got so pissed by the way she says Cape Verde she’s like Cape verdee
That's the way... if you say "Cape Verd", I gag.
This was not a documentary... it was more a commercial for some Cape Verdean people/companies in America.. My opinion ;)
THEY ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL
Thank you so much for this lovely and beautiful episode about my culture. I really enjoyed this :)
I love this video. I have grasped a lot of information on my cultural background.
1:06 "Who's your mother, who's your father, who's your grandmother? ooooooh we're cousins" haha so accurate😂
The Lomba family is a perfect example of why you never want to separate children from their parents. Our society places too much emphasis on the material. And yes no doubt today the family enjoys what appears to be an upper middle class lifestyle. However, being separated from her mother for 10 years left a deep scar in her psyche and in spite of 30 year she continues to suffer pain in quiet desperation. My personal opinion is best to remain poor but together rather than separate and rich. You be the judge.
this video was amazing; very informative. I'm booking a holiday and wanted to know more about the islands. I'm happy there is more depth than once thought.
I'm from west African, and my wife is Cape Verdean......
aw I love Cape Verdeans, you people look like us Dominicans :)
caribwarrior Garza Right, why is he here.
CVNHOUSTON dude, you go away, what the fuk u talkinga bout, me clowning CV ?? when? why would i do that? idk i just notice ur "cv" name now, what's up with that?
We our proud of all our Afro influence culture, unlike Black American who want to force us to deny who we are and try to ashamed us for being proud of all our cultures. .
The difference is that we don't give 3 crap about Europe or Africa, we are Latinos and we consider both continents STRANGERS.
Yes we our proud of the 3 heritage that made a Dominican, but it's OUR now.
I could say the same thing about u guys.. " we are proud of our European heritage unlike you Cape Verdeans" exactly... but that would be stupid cuz I DO NOT know ur culture, i CANNOT judge your culture throw the Afro-Americanized racial/cultural/experience point of view.
You went to Dominicans bashing us and talking crap about a people you CLEARLY didn't know, am not even here bashing or talking crap about Cape Verdeans unlike you who took Black American side and you look our TOTALLY different culture throw the Black Afro-Americanized view/culture/lent.
I live in Mass and there are town full of your people here in the south of boston and black American treat your ppl like crap and i have hear many calling you guys "self haters" because many of u guys don't all yourselves "blacks" even thought the majority are Mixes and LOVE to identify as Cape Verdean BEFORE identifying as "blacks".
So we aren't the only one being attack by jealousy black americans, you guys are too, together with Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Mixes Latinos who do not identify as "blacks".
JUST LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FOR FUK SHAKE!!! black american are PURE jealousy of us, yet u wanna attack us? smh.
YoDanyrd D Dude you just seem to be on some mixed nazi shit....We know we have mixed blood but we're not ashamed of the African in us. You guys hate the Haitians because they are darker. We respect to our darker ancestors, one wouldn't exist without the other. We don't spend our whole time arguing about not being black, etc. We're CV, and CV is off the west African coast. #proudCabo
YoDanyrd D Also, Trujillo (DR dictator) killed thousands of folks because of how they looked. CV has no history of killing darker skinned people. We all live together as CVs.
CVNHOUSTON You clearly don't know Dominican/Haitian history, all you know is bullshit from black supremacy and afrocentrics who want to destroy the moral and great culture of Dominicans, just look at the comments in the video of A.A. accusing you guys of the same shit YOU are accusing us. HOW IRONIC... SMH.
Dominicans had suffer alot by the hand of the Haitians, in the late 1800's the Haitians stole a big chunk of our border when they imported and order Haitians to move to our border side, and no body could stop them, and it was so many that we went to the international community but the I.C. failed us when they gave our land to the Haitians bcs the part of the border was full of them. One quarter of the Haitian today territory was part of the D.R.
Then decades pass and during Trujillo time, the Haitians try to do the same thing, by sending Haitians to our border, AGAIN, and Trujillo knew of what the Haitians were trying to do again, and he send many massage to the Haitians ordering them to stop sending haitians and to take their people back, He knew the Haitians plan but they never listen to him, and he order his soldier to take the Haitians back to Haiti and this is were the killing of Haitians happened bcs Trujillo was trying to protect the Dominican territory NOT bcs they were black as many Afrocentrics and Black Supremacy had try to twist the history, of course i do not support the killing but what he was doing was protecting the DR territory.
Yea that girl learned a language in three weeks. psshhh
Proud Cape Verdean American 🇨🇻🇺🇸🤍
im African American but if I wasn't I think I would choose cape Verdean.
There are African-Americans with Cape Verdean ancestry.
ok
WTF because their mixed? Fucked them no offence to yall cape Verdes...but I'm black American and if wasn't i would pick Nigeria or ghana because of their rich history....dont be obsessed with these people because their fucking mixed..smh
@@jacoblay96 . You haven't be Light skin to be capeverdeans mix
Al Lomba u ask why are people without a connection to CV care what CV people are? the one universal thing that perpetuates hate, slavery, racism and genocide is ignorance and not caring about each other unless they are "like" you. a long time ago (biblical times) someone made up hate-strictly-based-on-being the wrong race and made it a tradition to pass along---later color was added to the mix. The best combat against racism is acceptance of diversity and caring about each other begins acceptance. peace.
I met many of them in Portugal ! Lovely people. I love them.
That was amazing very interesting.Thank you
Recently, I took an MtDNA test, and apparently I have some Cape Verdean ancestry on my mother's side. Very surprising but very interesting.
@@capeverdeanprincess4444
😂😂😂 Cala boca. I have ancestors from Cape Verde. You mean there is no such thing as Cape Verdean DNA…Stop gatekeeping like a palhaça.
Poverty in a country of just 500,000 people? Africa needs to do more. I use to think there is no poverty in Cape Verde because of population number.
Don't listen to this video they made a bunch of mistake. I lived there for 11 years
Why do people with no connection to Cape Verde care what Cape Verdean people are?
+Al Lomba lol
+Iris S. Rivero bu e txeu bunita!
We have the same last name!
+Danielle Lomba And you're cute too, so you must be a Lomba from Brava!
It's called curiosity which is a sign of intelligence.
Wowww I’m a cook 👩🍳 of 15+ years FRM Pawtucket ri. I am looking to work on a boat or any way to help Cape Verde 🇨🇻
very good job
I LIKE
Yes my 10 beautiful islands 🌴🇨🇻
light skined people are not the majority there lol
agree with you. kind of bothers me when people say that it is when it isnt. But it also depends on where in CV that you go
Scott Syms EXACTY THEY NEVER SHOW THE DARK VERDEANS!!
+1974poundcake what does it freaking matter we are all black
***** no
really see I wouldn't have known. They do the same thing with Brazilians. They rarely show the dark ones.
Some Brazilian Americans look like Caper Verdean Americans than other Brazilians for example Pardo Brazilians in the U.S. from the Northeast is look like Cape Verdean Mulattos than German/Italian Brazilians in the US from south
Great job!!! My wife was so excited to see this when she got home at midnite she had me watch it:) are These Lombas related to Boston Lomba's?
To everyone capeverdean in the beginning did u hear that song and did u realize she kept saying capeverie
Brockton has lots of cape verdeans
They are all there haha
We right here
I am from brockton:)
They look like Puerto rican and Dominican.
Yes, they all look like us, cuz we are a mixture of European, Afro but also Native America which of course CV don't have.
+YoDanyrd D
Slave trade
Responding to Play Segment:
2:57 through 3:00.
Namibia is the LATEST African Country to Gain Independence [March 21st; 1990].
After World War One, it was Mandated to Britain by the League of Nations & administered by South Africa.
A little caveat:
The Last Colony in Africa is Western Sahara.
It’s been under Moroccan Occupation since 1975 against the wishes of the indigenous Sahrawi people.
I'm Cape Verdean and I can tell you right now, no one ever calls it (CAPE- VER-DI) it makes me so mad, and I know a lot of other people agree. The direct translation from "Cabo Verde" would be "place green" or "green land" but of course there's already a place called GreenLand...
Cameron Lopes it’s not green place, but green cape. We got the name from Cap Vert in Senegal, which is the westerly most cape is West Africa. So we are Cape Verde Islands. Besides, for the last 500 years the islands have been very arid due to the proximity to Sahara desert. Study the history of the islands more and you’ll understand it better. Greetings
Cape Green or Green Cape dear
There is some historical inaccuracy about the name of Cape Verde (Green)...It wasn't green (verde) when the Portugueses find the islands. The name of Cape Verde derives of a cape named cape verde in the African coast, that´s why they called it the islands of cape verde (Green)
The Island of Praia and several others were green and the Portuguese Pilfered and deforested the lands like they destroyed many others.
Wrong, pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Verde
Etymology[edit]
The name of the country stems from the nearby Cap-Vert, on the Senegalese coast,[5] which in its turn was originally named "Cabo Verde" when it was sighted by Portuguese explorers in 1444, a few years before the islands were discovered (verde is Portuguese for "green"). On October 24, 2013 it was announced at the United Nations that the official name should no longer be translated into other languages. Instead of "Cape Verde", the designation "Republic of Cabo Verde" is to be used.[4][6]
Cape Verde island had a seasonal climate, varying in rainfall and drought, the same as today...
Joseph Soares That is not true. I guess you have not check Cape Verde's proximity to the Sahara Desert.
Thanks for posting this video, learnt a lot
Don't listen to this video. I lived in cape Verde for 11 years.
Don't listen to this video. I lived in cape verde for 11 years
I am from there and I love it
Portuguese Kings Joao II and especially Manuel I in 1496, determined to exile thousands of Jews to Sao Tome, Principe, and Cape Verde. The numbers expelled at this time were so great that the term Portuguese" almost implied those of Jewish origin. Those who were not expelled were converted by force or were even executed..profound oppression during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions when they became termed Marannos (Moorish Jews) or Judeus Segredos (Secret Jews). This led to forced conversions and to Jews becoming known as Novos Cristaos (New Christians).-Dr. Richard Lobban University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
May be Mayra Andrade not sure though
El Malik it's by Maria DeBarros
Cape Verde is not the last African country to gain independence, many countries gained independence since 1975 until the last country Republic of South Sudan gained independence in 2011. Cabo Verde is on my bucket list of African countries to still visit...thank you.
I think at the time this documentary was made, the Republic of South Sudan was not even on the radar because of the civil war in the Sudan.
@@haatpraat2993 my comment said there were many countries that gained independence *until* the last country ROSS. Seychelles in 1976, Djibouti 1977, Zimbabwe 1980, etc. Unless this documentary was made in 1975 then that piece of ìnformation is inaccurate. The war in Sudan has no real relevance because the context is about giving accurate information.
É pena que ela não conheça a história do seu país, limitando-se a replicar a cartilha do pós-independência. A História de CV é muito mais interessante e digna.
Wonderful documentary!
My fellow cape Verde people who else was yelling at the screen saying that the Portuguese did not find cape verde
And who hates when people say that capo verde is IN Africa
Uuhhhh😤
And where do u think Cape Verde is? In Europe?
Joaquim Alves are you crazy
@@rhaenyratargaryen4394 lol she wish it was in Europe. Self hating Africans
1. Cape Verde is an AFRICAN Island
2. Cape Verde culture is a mixture of Portuguese and AFRICAN
3. Cape Verdeans speak Creole(Kriolu), which consists of Portuguese and West African languages.
4. Stop hating yourself!
Because it is not pronounced Ver-deh in Cape Verde. It is either pronounced Verdi or Verd. Ver-deh is how it would be pronounced in Spanish.
It is weird though to hear the American version "Verrd", but American English doesn't have an equivalent sound for the er combination as found in Portuguese and Kriolu/Kriól.
Jacob Knecht by the way it’s Cabo Verde the correct way
@@samira9828 correct. Sounds like "kaboo veerdi"
the beautiful indigenous people called the ancient Phoenicians inhabited that island for thousands of years. Before the Portuguese came to colonize and brainwashed the natives.
+ANTPHRESSH do you have proof of that?
Stephanie Almeida Yes let me get the video
ANTPHRESSH Oh, so discrediting a video based on another video? Dont get me wrong, i'm not saying that you're wrong or right. The thing is that every proof that we have so far shows that the portuguese found Cape Verde and it was inhabited at the time. Even if other people have passed through the islands, they never set civilization.
ANTPHRESSH and yes, a lot of the information they gave in the video are inaccurate...
Stephanie Almeida Thank you for being honest :) Love you much
I love cachupa
Beautiful people....I hope to visit one of the islands one day. :-)
It sounds to me more like a "Pro America" campaign to me.
Ryan Hill No, it's not. I'm Cape Verdean and I assure you, most of us love USA, there's about 250,000Cape Verdeans in the USA, that's about half of the population on Cape Verde
documentary about cape verde or america?
Alot of them are on Brockton and New Bedford Massachusetts.
@SHANNY ♊ Mass
CV k ta manda pa td lado de mundo, nu pode ser pobre de dinhero, mas nos eh RICO DE AMOR WE LOVE CAPE VERDE
Jamaicans send barells as normal. I don't know 1 Jamaican family in the UK or US who don't send barrels several times a year to JA
@SHANNY ♊ born in UK but yes, family is Jamaican
@SHANNY ♊ not sure what those flags are?
The Lomba's are doing great things both here and in Cape Verde!
Oh my gosh if I didn’t hear that you were from Cape Verde I would have thought you guys were Creoles from New Orleans. I’m a creole and you all look like family.
Watching this as I am leaving CV. I am Tunisian but visited CV 3 times...love this country ...I am always mistaken for a CV because people from Maghreb look like they could be from CV and vice versa...it is funny though.
I had to stop and pause at 1:45 ... NO! The Islands are litarally called 'The Islands of Cape Verd' / 'Ilhas de Cabo Verde'.
The place that Portuguese called Cabo Verde HAS TO BE REVISITED BY UNBIASED SCHOLARS.
The place where the Portuguese landed that they called Cabo Verde is nowadays in the Senegalese province called Casamance. The capital is called Ziguinchor and it is actually a bastardization of 'Es txiga, nos txorra'... yes. That also means we already spoke the our language.
Let that marinate or realize we were the Moors before MAAFA.
There is a lot more to confirm this. We have to replace the glasses we use to look to OUR WORLD!
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What a lovely country.. The lady's grandma looks just like mine x
How is it possible to come from.a.country and not pronounce the name of the country ? Verde( ver day)
The E is silent dipshit
'Cabo verd' no Spanishness.
good good my nick name is lomba love u guys keep up the good things, in life.
$$$THAT YOUR FAMILY LOMBA GUY SAY IT AT THE BEGINNING WHO YOUR FAMILY WE COUSIN REAL TALK $YOU FROM BOSTON SIDE ROXBURY$ DORCHESTER$GOOD KNOWLEDGE RIGHT HERE$$$
Hey Len Cabral are we related??🤗
Dulcelina Cabral probably, there’s a lot of incest in Cape Verde.
Isnt rosinha closed now I haven't been there in a while I'm from pawtuck first descendant capeverdean my dad brought my mom here only 15 years ago a year before I was born my dad came from cape verde I believe 20 years ago they met in cv and are still together
Très beau couple, dégradé tranchant
Cabo verdean love
We are called creole.
Nice video
The food looks so good.
Damn that's some good looking food. Trop interessant
Beautiful
I'm searching to find out more about my guanchi ancestry of the canary Islands.
I would like to learn more about Cape verdean people. I did not know this country not far from Senegal.
Horace SILVA RIP!
cape verde the land of my mother,sabura e la nos terra cabu verdi
I'm Cape Verdian and we all mixed up. I got light skin and dark skin in my family. Do a DNA test I'm %28 West African %24 Iberian%12 north African %3 Senegal %16 Italian %2 Mali East European %4
%6 southeast Asian
%3 Irish/scottish/welsh
%2 sardinian.
most ppl think there were just portuguese ppl involved in the slave trade, there where english, jews, portuguese, italians, etc everybody was involved including other africans in the continent, my famiy lived in mozambique for 100 years until 1974, and they told me lots africans sold other africans until 1900 to work as slaves in mozambique, my family never had any problems with blacks in africa.
VERD•E
Idk why but for some reason I thought Len Cabral was a Jamaican man. He looks a lot like my dad who is Jamaican, (or maybe it's just the dreadlocks)
What am I'm watching 😂😂😂 cachupa e ca sabi 😂😂😂 I hated it I like it fried though
Beautiful Family