http://www.legacy.com/southcoasttoday/Obituaries .asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonI d=110340330 Evelyn Lopes

NEW BEDFORD — Evelyn (Dias) Lopes, 74, of New Bedford died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness.

Born in Assonet, the daughter of the late Manuel and Mary (Silva) Dias, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life.

Survivors include six children, Patricia Lopes of Rehoboth, Richard Dias, Paul K. Lopes... Read More

 http://www.waittfuneralhome.com/obituaries.html James R. Stone, 42, of Middleboro for over 10 years, died on April 19 from an auto accident. Native of Dorchester, he resided briefly in Connecticut and was graduated from Brockton High School in 1983. Jim was employed in health care management currently as a provider network manager at Commonwealth Care Alliance in Boston and previously at Harvard-Pilgrim in Hingham and United Health Care in Westboro. He was a lifelong auto enthusiast a... Read More

http://www.legacy.com/southcoasttoday/Obituaries .asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonI D=110037817 Antonio G. Andrade

FAIRHAVEN — Antonio G. Andrade, 92, of New Bedford died Sunday May 18, 2008 at Alden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Born in Plymouth, the son of the late Fortunato and Mariana (Gonsalves) Andrade, he lived in Cedarville for most of his life before moving to New Bedford 40 years ago.

He was a parishioner of Our Lady of the... Read More

UN DIMONSTRASON MA ALUPEC TA UNIFIKA SKRITA DI TUDU VARIANTIS DI KRIOLU DI KABU VERDI, DI SINTANTON KANBA DJABRABA

N skrebe es stória, ki é ka nha nha invensãu, mas talvês un kontu popular, en ALUPEC, na kada un di kes nóvi variantis di Kriolu ki nu ten na Kabu Verdi, y ku es nha mudéstu kontributu, N krê sinplismenti dimonstra ma ALUPEC ta sirbi pa unifika skrita di tudu varianti di Kriolu di Kabu Verdi. Pesoas mesti intende ma ALUPEC é ka só pa ta skrebi Kriolu di Santiagu, más konkret... Read More

The N word that sticks to Nigga's.


I was born on the Cape Verde Islands in 1969.
There where things going on I realize now. There was 'a beat going on'. World wide brothers where fighting for independence, or were in the day by day struggle as 2nd class citizen in racist societies and regimes in the diaspora. I became part of that side of the struggle when my parents decided to move to the Netherlands/Holland in 1972 (!).
Today I hear that same beat it seams.... Read More