Cape Verde (Cabo Verde in Portuguese/Creole) is a island country in west Africa and one of the most stable.

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Capital: Praia
languages: Portuguese/Cape Verdean Creole
Ethnic groups: Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 10%, European 20%



[img]http://www.cape-verde.be/images/stories/porto/Cabo_verde.jpg[/img]



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More pics coming soon i encourage people to add

nice pictures

are u from cape verde?

onila: nice pictures

are u from cape verde?

no i would like to go there

TerryCarr: no i would like to go there

where r u from?

Here is a nice song by CV singer Suzanna Lubrano


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MP6Mj6lftM&list=FLKMh64XTFDpkWukoF7omtTg&index=61&feature=plpp_video

onila:

where r u from?

The Imperial American Empire (IAE)

SHE LOOKS SO CREEPY, LIKE A LIZARD/SNAKE

TerryCarr: The Imperial American Empire (IAE)

lol Americans are kool!

Batuque/Batuku music






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptun5u_f53s

cape verde reminds me of the caribbean...

the caribbean is a creole stronghold aside from Brazil and Lousiana.
Even though I have loved ones who are racially creole in origin...

it STILL trips me out to go to caribbean functions/family reunions and see people who look like this!!



lol...

Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes from TLC was Cape Verdean.

i miss her sooo much!

R.I.P

Amber Rose is half Cape Verdean

Amber Rose is Cape Verdean too.

[img]http://realtalkstar.files./2010/09/115801-amber_rose1.jpg[/img]

CV is full of beautiful West African women .

onila: Amber Rose is half Cape Verdean

LOL great minds think alike!!

MsDarkSkin:

LOL great minds think alike!!

lol the same time
what a coincidence

Cute guys!!




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interesting...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cape_Verde

The Portuguese soon brought slaves from the West African coast. Positioned on the great trade routes between Africa, Europe, and the New World, the archipelago prospered from the transatlantic slave trade, in the 16th century.

http://www.capeverdeweb.com/history.asp

Festivals/Carnival:
http://www1.umassd.edu/specialprograms/caboverde/cvfestas.html

I was trying to find out where exactly in WA they are from...Guinea-Bissau keeps being brought up as well or "west african coast". Angola was brought up as well...ANYWAY!!

...CV has a fascinating history...

Map:



beaches:




carnival:

^^^^MMM MMM MMMMMMM!!

I need to go to CV ASAP!!

Besides I want to see if their Carnival is exciting like ours.

more pix:

Iz it a rich Island?

According to wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cape_Verde

Cape Verde is a small archipelagic nation that lacks resources and has experienced severe droughts. Agriculture is made difficult by lack of rain and is restricted to only four islands for most of the year. Most of the nation's GDP comes from the service industry. Cape Verde's economy has been steadily growing since the late 1990s, and it is now officially considered a country of average development, being only the second country to have achieved such transition, after Botswana in 1994. Cape Verde has significant cooperation with Portugal at every level of the economy, which has led it to link its currency (the Cape Verdean escudo) first to the Portuguese escudo and, in 1999, to the euro.

Statistics
GDP $1.68 billion (2009 est.)
GDP growth [/b]1.8% (2009 est.)
[b]GDP per capita $3,900 (2009 est.)
GDP by sector agriculture (9.2%), industry (16.5%), services (74.3%) (As of 2009)
Inflation (CPI) 4% (2009 est.)

Population
below poverty line 30% (As of 2000)
Labour force 196,100 (2007)
Labour force
by occupation N/A (As of 2008 )
Unemployment 30% (As of 2008 )

Main industries: food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Ease of Doing Business Rank 119th[1]

So I wouldn't say it's rich...it's developing but still has a lot of issues.

Ileke-IdI:
SHE LOOKS SO CREEPY, LIKE A LIZARD/SNAKE

I agree!

Tight puxxxxxxxxxiessssssssssssssssssssssssss. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dance called Batuque/batuku





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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNqwQKrw0Y

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no1madman: Tight puxxxxxxxxxiessssssssssssssssssssssssss. . . . . . . . . . . . .

MsDarkSkin:

y u dey laugh?

I wanna go there! I wanna go there!! I wanna go there!!! I really do.

All the pics are gorgeous. I wanna visit to this beautiful Island.

Ileke-IdI:
SHE LOOKS SO CREEPY, LIKE A LIZARD/SNAKE

Haaaaating! She's gooorrgeous sheeez! Unique

some pics of cape verde beauty

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