Cape Verde

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

Culture of Cape Verde

The culture of Cape Verde features literature including Claridade, Negrume, and others and writers including Sergio Frusoni, Manuel Lopes, Ovídio Martins, and more. The culture also has music proprieties including morna, funaná, coladera, tabanka, and more. Cesária Évora, Tcheka, and other Cape Verdean singers throughout the world.

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Cape Verdean cuisine

Cape Verdean cuisine owes much to European influences and to the life in the sea around the archipelago. Perhaps the most ubiquitous dish is catchupa, a dish of ground maize, beans and sometimes meat or chicken.

SHORT INFORMATION

Politics of Cape Verde

Cape Verde is a stable semi-presidential representative democratic republic.It is among the most democratic nations in the world, ranking 31st position in the world, according to the 2014 Democracy Index.