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D. Néta nasi na Kabu Verdi. El é di Somada, ilha di Santiagu. Se pai é sanpadjudu di Fogu, di Mustéru, má se mai é badia la di Tarrafal. El é kazadu ku Sr. Furtado. Se maridu nasi na Maiu má el kria na Praia. Es ten sinku fidju: dôs é matxu y tręs é fémia. Se pruméru fidju txôma Manel António y el nasi na kinzi di nuvénbru di mil noviséntus y oitenta y kuatu. Nómi di últimu fidju di D. Néta é Rosa. Rosa ten dizaséti anu di idadi. El ben Mérka na anu pasadu. Dja ten alguns anus ki se pai, se mai y ses irmuns sta li na Mérka. Dj’es prendi papia inglęs y es sta sabi na es térra. D. Néta dja tra se papel di sidadon Merkanu. Fika-l só pasaporti pa-l tra. Má kel é fásil. É ka ten mutu lida. É só ba kurreius paga un dinherinhu y dipôs es ta manda-l se pasaporti na kaza. Komu dja-l tene tudu pagu, bu podi flâ ma brevimenti el ta teni se pasaporti na bolsu. D. Néta fla: “Mi, dja-m branku dja. Ken ki ka krę dexa. Só N ta reza y N ta pidi Déus pa da-m saudi y libra-m di tudu mal y tudu prigu di mundu. Aian, pa libra-m di bóka fédi tanbę. Pur isu N ta bai misa tudu dia dimingu y N ten un rozadi grandi na kabisera kama. N ten térsu na nha karru tanbę. Mi N ta anda sénpri ku Déus y nada ka ta buli-m.” Fortunato, sugundu fidju di D. Néta, inda ka tra papel. El sta na skóla y el sta ta studa riju, ku unhas y denti, pa-l odja si el ta konsigi tra di sel tanbę. Gósi li, ken ki ka é sidadon Merkanu ka sta suguru n’es térra. Es podi manda-bu pa bu térra kalker óra. Rosa, kodé di D. Néta, sta na skóla. El fla-nu ma kel liséu di Brockton é uma grandi! Rosa fla: “Avé, fladu ma la ten más di sinku mil studanti. Krédu! Forti liséu grandi. Konparadu ku k’el la, liséu di Praia é ka nada. Ná, tanbę ten algen txeu na Brockton. Txeu algen ka sabi ma ten sérka di sén mil algen só na Brockton. Kantu ki-m fla nha mai númeru di alunus ki ten na liséu di Brockton, el fika ku bóka abértu y el fla-m: “Ka bu fla! Ná, N ka ta kardita. Otustantu minis ta sta la?” Sin, ten txeu mininus kabuverdianu, aitianu, spanhol, brazileru, angulanu, purtugęs, xinęs, etc. Kuazi trinta pur séntu di alunus di liséu di Brockton é “minoria”. Y nos é txeu ki ta sta na prugrama bilingi (bilingual Education). N sta kontenti ma nha pai matrikula-m na kel prugrama bilingi la. Si ka fosi kel prugrama la, N ka sabi modi ki N ta fazeba. Inda simé tudu kuza sta ta parse-m stranhu: livrus é só na inglęs, kumida di skóla é ka sabi y N ka gosta d’el própi, txeu algen ta papia ku mi y N ka ta intendi kuazi nada, ten uns gentis stranhu y diferenti. Mi, inda N ka ten ninhun amigu la. Ainda pur sima N kumesa aula atrazadu. Purtantu mi, N sta atxa tudu kuza difísil li. Nhas primus ki pudia djudaba mi sta tudu na kulégiu lonji di li. Má N ka ta dizanima. Ku forsa y koraji N ta vensi tudu es difikuldadis.” D. Néta y Sr. Furtado kunpra boa kaza. Ses kaza fika ben situadu y é kaza di dôs família. Es ta mora di riba y es ta renda di baxu. Es é sabidu. Kel rénda ki es ta resébi ta djuda-s paga banku (mortgage). Manel António, k’é terseru fidju di D. Néta, ten dôs trabadju. Ti k’el sai di kaza sinku óra di palmanhan, el ta ben txiga kaza kuazi onzi óra noti. Koitadu! Dje-l ta sta kansadu. Má tanbę el ta fazi un bokadu dinhéru. É sin, vida na Mérka é duru má bu ta ten tudu kuza ki bu krę. Ali, kuazi tudu algen ten se kaza sabi, bon karru, etc. Si bu duensi ten bons dotoris, ten bon ospital y tudu más ki é prisizu pa trata un duenti. Alén disu, Merkanus é drętu y es gosta di kabuverdianus. Agó ti kriolu kabuverdianu, Merkanu sta ta prendi. Bé, Merkanu é ka txakóta nau! Agnelo A. Montrond - aamontrond@yahoo.com
Tags: Kriolu Crioulo Creole
For the people who insist that Cabo Verde is a poor country let me give you my personal view. I have a good friend who is now retired and lives in Cabo Verde after devoting most of his life to the betterment of his country. Now he is unable to visit neighboring islands around him because he can’t afford it. He tells me that he wants to visit Boavista, but the island is now owned by foreign investments and therefore he would have to pay hotel rates imposed by the foreigners, which understandably he can’t afford. In the past, this would not have been a problem but now Cabo Verde has become an immediate attraction to foreign investments who are seeing the wealth of the country quicker than the eye can blink. All of this is happening while Cape Verdeans are becoming poorer and poorer and their homeland’s wealth is being drained slowly from underneath them.
In part I of this report, I mentioned that countries like United States, Spain and Portugal spent a fortune to promote Columbus and Vasco da Gama after 500 years. Lisbon and Seville became economic success stories as a result of these investments. In fact, they made a fortune by taking history of Cabo Verde and converting it for their own use. In all fairness to Spain and Portugal, both of these nations have helped restore important relics of Cape Verdean history especially in Cidade Velha and through the publication of history books.
However, as far as I know, no one is commemorating 550 years of the discovery of the New World by Antonio da Noli, (1460 – 2010). I have had private conversations with several historians and we all agree in principle that Antonio da Noli discovered the New World, initiated globalization and created the beginnings of western civilization.
One of my biggest concerns is that no one will be coming to the party unless we start to investigate this matter and begin to organize and prepare for 2010. It’s a celebration of history with direct impact to Italians, Portuguese, Hispanics, African Americans, Jews, English, Arabs and Asians and represents a tremendous unifying force in a rapidly deteriorating world.
I would strongly recommend that Cape Verdeans become more aware of their history and learn the true importance of Cidade Velha. With additional knowledge, you can show the world that Cabo Verde and Cape Verdeans merit the same dignity that created the world fairs in Spain and Portugal (Expo 92 and Expo 98).
I would recommend that the government demonstrate to the people of Cape Verde that history can be an effective way to pull people out of poverty, especially for those entrepreneurs who would like to benefit from the tourist and education sectors of the economy.
I would recommend that Cape Verdeans everywhere become more aware of their past in order to build a better future and defend the interests and heritage that Dr. Amilcar Cabral desired when he opted for independence. I believe that Cape Verdeans should learn the exact location of these treasurers and develop a strong understanding of their places in world history.
Submitted by Dr. Marcel Balla
Tags: History Of Cabo Verde
The strategic importance of Cabo Verde Islands as a gateway in air and marine transportation and communication is not recent. The Aeropostal decision to install in the islands, in 1928, a linking connection was successfully implement in order to shorten the distance between Europe and South America via Africa.
Evidence of this historic venture can easily be reviewed on a commemorative plaque at a beach located just a few kilometers from Praia that reads: “It was here that, on December 1927, the advise-boat “Perone” made a stop-over with a crew that had been charged with the task of installing a radio station and a maritime base for hydroplanes.”
The “Perone”, one of the oldest submarines of the French navy, left Cherboug on December 9th, 1927 headed to Casablanca, in Morroco, and then Praia, carrying onboard a team headed by Raymond Vanier, responsible for identifying a location to install a hydroplane base. After a stay of almost a month and a half in Praia, the vessel proceeds with its finding mission, heading towards the Rock of Sao Paulo and the island of Fernando de Noronha.
On March 6th, 1928, the first CAMS 51 two-engine piloted by the first army lieutenant Paulin Paris lands near “Calheta Sao Martinho” arriving from Saint-Louis. The small plane delivers the postal bags to the crew of the advice-boat “Luvenille” that immediately departs for Recife. The CAMS 51 than departed for Saint-Louis with the inaugural carrier from Latin America.
At the end of the 1920’s, the French were not the only ones interested in the territories. The Germans too expressed their interest: the airline “Lufthansa” was developing projects for hydro-planes capable of making the crossing from either Cabo Verde or the Canaries.
But it was Aeropostal that was able to win this wager. By using the Cabo Verde Islands, instead of Dakar, Aeropostal leaders opted for a shorter crossing of South Atlantic to Fernando de Noronha and the transatlantic crossing was reduced by 130 kilometers.
As a matter of fact, in 1928, the hydro-base of Calheta Sao Martinho became an obligatory pit stop for the Europe – South America route. It became the place for the inter-connection hydroplanes-advise-boats in postal transportation between the two continents.
Looking into the future, will Cabo Verde reclaim its place in history once again and will the islands Sal become the new air hub and a gateway of the three continents?
Source: Correios de Cabo Verde
Tags: Cabo Verde
Since my first trip to Cabo Verde about 20 yeas ago, it is apparent that the real estate market has changed dramatically. Electricity and water were extremely serious problems in the old days and modern apartments and houses were very limited and reserved for those few could afford them. Today, things have changed and there are many modern apartments and houses to be found throughout Cabo Verde which are owned by nationals and foreigners.
Today, I believe that Cabo Verde is one of the most scenic countries in the world despite the poverty that can be seen everywhere. Yet, one can find beautiful homes and apartments that compare with just about any country in the world today. Often times, the buyer has a choice of a standard quality apartment, medium quality, or a luxurious quality apartment. Frequently, these apartments or houses may offer extraordinary views of mountains or the sea with a beautiful sunrise or sunset overhead.
Now that Cabo Verde is on the road to development and showing a strong interest in improving the living conditions here, I thought it might be a good idea to take a closer look at the opportunities available for emigrant Cape Verdeans in purchasing a home for retirement or vacation in the motherland.
I have decided to conduct interviews with important real estate officials who have had a major impact on the real estate market in Cabo Verde with the hope of getting detailed information for the prospective home buyer and especially those who have never been to Cabo Verde or those who left many years ago and would like to get more information before making a visit.
There are many things that Cape Verdeans in the Diaspora should know about buying property in Cabo Verde before investing large sums of money. Although Cabo Verde is an old country, many sectors of the economy are just starting to become modern, so we can’t expect that all things will work the way we expect in the U.S. or Europe. However, despite the problems involved in making adjustments, for those people with a pioneering spirit and a love for the motherland “nha terra”, the rewards can be extremely gratifying.
Do bargain properties exist when compared to the U.S? Or Europe? Yes and no. Much depends on what standard the buyer wishes to purchase. There are new apartments offered at prices that range from about $32,000 to nearly $200,000 for a luxury apartment overlooking the sea in a closed condominium with swimming pool and other amenities. The buyer must first understand that the U.S. dollar has fallen dramatically on world markets in the last couple of years. An apartment that would have cost about $50,000 two years ago will now cost about $80,000 or more due to the drop in the value of the dollar. For those people whose currency is based in Euros, prices have remained about the same.
Cabo Verde is doing its best to try and get emigrant Cape Verdeans involved in the purchase of property and the development of the islands, so now is an excellent time to learn more about the process of being more involved in Cabo Verde.
The Instituto das Comunidades (IC) has a guide for emigrant Cape Verdeans to help explain the process of purchasing land or a home, or even getting more involved in other investments that are needed in the country. You will find details on opening up an emigrant bank account, and the special benefits offered for these accounts, such as better interest rates on savings, as well as the major services that the major banks offer, such as having your utility bills paid by the bank automatically so that you do not have to worry about them when you are away. Also, details are given about which banks are correspondent banks in the USA and other countries so that it is fairly easy to make bank transfers. This guidebook is expected be published in English, Portuguese and French.
Submitted by Dr. Marcel Balla
According to reliable sources, Cabral's vision is inscribed on the original flag.
Sometimes Amilcar Cabral could not say openly most of what he thought for his vision was a forecast for the future in reality and actuality. Given the profound significance the symbol had for Cape Verde and Capeverdeans around the world, CaboVerdeOnline.com felt compelled to bring out the cultural ties the original flag meant to mother Africa. By doing so, we consulted with a personnal friend and supporter of amilcar Cabral's vision, Mr. Salah Matteos.
The physical aspects of Cabral's work was fragmented by the very nature of its subject - a national liberation struggle fought under the most trying conditions and motivated by the dual purpose of freeing a colonial people from foreign domination and of creating a social revolution. Cabral was the best read of all the African nationalists or revolutionaries. That is, at the two extremes of political discourse, in his capacity for abstract theorising and in his sensitivity to social process at the village level, Cabral was the most gifted member of his generation.
Today, we find ourselves asking, what was Cabral thinking when he designed the flag for Cape Verde long before his death. Salah tells CaboVerdeOnline.com that Cabral and comrade Abilio Duarte went deep into thought... They wanted to come up with a symbol that would serve as a pillar of Unity for the people of Cape Verde. In the mid 90's without much thought, new leaders of the country adopted a new flag that most people are yet to understand what it symbolizes other than it looks like the European Union flag.
The Classic Collection flag had a special meaning in the world African community and certainly symbolized struggle, independence and freedom - three words that best describes what it means to be African and constituted the following colors:
Red: for the blood that our freedom fighters shed in the jungles of Guinea. Thousands died for the freedom and independence of Cape Verde.
Green: for future life, vegetation and hope that comes from the struggle. It was Cabral's vision that some day Cape Verde would become self sufficient.
Yellow/Corn: symbolic of our children and our future which they embody. Also for the gathering and harvest of our hard work. Harvesting of Capeverdean people around the world. Cabral always emphasized that our Unity within ourselves and with Africa is as precious as Gold.
Sea Shell: stands for the food we collect from the ocean, from the fishing industry and emblem of Christ for salvation.
BlackStar: for Pan-Africanism and the 5 points is for man's five basic senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
The more you learn about the original flag, the more you understand that it was inspired by the colors given by the Hon. Marcus Garvey in the 1930's as national colors for African people throughout the world.
Cabral loved his people and he understood the problems of the people - physically, mentally and psychologically. His mission on this earth was from above according to our source and for that he was punished, criticized and rejected severely by his enemies and at times by the same people that he set to liberate. Cabral's ideas and thoughts are still being rejected today as we enter 30 years after his death. The flag is the perfect example. Cabral's compassionate vision should be protected but it seems that the advocates of his vision have all been bought out and his people are still suffering - a different type of oppression.
Throughout all this, it is clear that there was at the time a clear leadership, a political will and a strategy. Something we ought to learn today if we are to go forward based on Cabral's vision of Unity and Prosperity for the people of Cabo Verde...
This article was written in January 2003.
Tags: Amilcar Cabral
Diversity breeds strength and innovations
Often times the word “Affirmative Action” gets in the way and shadows the word that really means something – Diversity. Today, one of the most serious crisis facing our community is the overcoming of youthful anger, the dreams, and the lack of intellectual development. The group most affected is obviously the young males. It’s easy to look at this dismal situation and begin to justify why “it’s not my problem.” Well, all our ancestors may have come to this country in different boats – but we’re all in the same boat now. If part of that boat sinks, eventually the rest will go down too. We must understand that.
The interesting thing is that this situation doesn’t have to happen and is totally preventable. If you speak to those in education, they will tell you that young minority students in kindergarten and early grades are as good students as anywhere else. But then something happens as Dr. Carson explains it in his book – The Big Picture.
These young and ambitious young children start studying in America history about our great nation, and they discover that there’s nobody who looks like them in those history books who ever did much of significance. They think, well, maybe next year, when I take world history, it’ll be different. Then they discover that nobody in their world history book who did anything of great significance looks much like them either. When they come home from school and turn on the TV they finally say, “Oh! There I am – playing football or baseball or basketball, rapping in baggy pants that look like you could fly in them, or acting the fool on some sitcom.” So these young men begin to develop a certain self-image – about themselves and the world they live in. That’s how I’m going to make it, they decide. The media doesn’t tell them that only seven out of a million make it as starters in NBA or that one in ten thousand make it in any lasting way in sports and entertainment.
“We need to emphasize the right things,” said Dr. Carson. We need to emphasize the intellect. Most of these young men don’t get that emphasis. When they don’t find out until much later that they are never going to be a sports or entertainment star, what’s left? Up drives a big black BMW with tinted glass. Out steps this tall, handsome gentleman wearing jewelry and furs, with women hanging on his arm. And he says, “wouldn’t you like to have what I have? Society sold you a bill of goods. Let me show you how to get everything you’ll ever want or need.” And hence, we have people who do things none of us can ever imagine a human being would do – because they feel betrayed by society. Of course, that’s only part of the sociology involved. But it’s something that should give us all pause.
Dr. Carson goes on to explain that any one of us could take that young man at the age of six, walk him down the street and give him a black history lesson that would have thrilled his heart. It could have changed his life. We could start our walking lesson by pointing at our shoes and saying, “It was Jan Matzliger, a black man, who invented the automatic shoe-lasting machine, which revolutionized the shoe industry throughout the world. We could step out onto a street clear of debris and tell him about Charles Brooks, who invented the automatic streetsweeper. Down the clean streets comes one of those big refrigerated tractor-trailer trucks – so we’d tell him about Frederick Lones, who invented a refrigeration system for trucks, later adopted for airplanes, trains and ships. When the truck stops at a red light, we can tell him about Garret Morgan, a black man, who designed the stop signal, and also invented the gas mask, which has saved many soldiers’ lives.
We could then tell him about Henrietta Bradbury, the black woman who invented the underwater cannon, making it possible to launch torpedoes from submarines. And we could talk about Madame C.J. Walker, the black woman who invented cosmetic products for women of dark complexion, the first woman of any race in this nation to become a millionaire entirely through her own efforts.
When we walk our young friend past a hospital, we could tell him about Charles Drew and his contributions to blood banking or about Daniel Williams, who performed the first successful open-heart surgery. We could look up at a surgical light and tell him about Thomas Edison – you didn’t know he was black did you? Well he wasn’t but his right-hand man, Lewis Lattimer, was. Lattimer was the person who invented the filament that enabled Edison’s light bulb to burn longer than a few days. He also pioneered research in incandescent lighting. He even diagrammed the telephone for Alexander Graham Bell. He was one of the country’s greatest inventors, and most people don’t recognize Lewis Lattimer’s name.
We could walk along the railroad tracks and tell the boy about Andrew Beard, inventor of the automatic railroad car coupler, which helped spur on the industrial revolution. Or Elijah McCoy’s many great inventions – like the automatic lubricating system for engines. When any big new mechanical development came along in the early industrial era, people used to ask, “Is that a McCoy? Is that the real McCoy?” He was the origin of that phrase.
We can take that young boy and educate him about Cato Howe, Plato Turner, Quamony Quash and Prince Goodwin. Four black men that fought side by side with General George Washington for the liberation of America. We can then take that young boy to Plymouth, MA and show him the historic Parting Ways cemetery where these four veterans are buried. At that point, we can put an end to the myth that blacks were freed from slavery in 1861. Cato, Plato, Quamony and Prince were black, free-men and land owners in 1776 in Plymouth, Massachusetts – America’s hometown.
Even by scratching the surface you can see the impact of diversity and the value of history. We have all achieved tremendous accomplishments… because we have made enormous contributions. That’s how America got to be number one faster than any other nation in history – because we have people from everywhere, from all corners of the earth. Some people only see our differences as problems. But our racial and ethnic diversity should not be a problem. It is a good thing. We should include in our education systems text books that teaches minority children positive contributions their ancestors have made. Praise our Heavenly Father for giving us diversity and please, let’s never let people with small minds make them into a problem or weakness.
Diversity breeds strength and innovations. Successful organizations, corporations and society have all understood, embraced and respected the value of diversity.
Tags: Diversity Affirmative Action
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