• Jewish people settled on Santiago and other islands. Some had escaped the ‘Inquisition’ whilst others were forced to work there or in other Portuguese colonies. More Jews followed from Morrocco [...]

In the 20th century national hero Amilcar Cabral played an important part in encouraging Cape Verdeans and people of Portuguese Guinea to support the opposition against colonial rule. He was [...]

An island of mixed fortunes. It is the largest island in the archipelago. It has the highest population with over half the population living in the capital, Praia.

The [...]

Like Maio, salt was one of the products in which Sal traded. Salt had been traded by the occupants on Sal in the times prior to the inauguration of a [...]

Maio is one of three flat islands in the archipelago, the other two being Sal and Boavista.

This island was an old volcano. It has been recorded that tests on [...]

There is a small museum on the island which provides some information on the islands history. The island was discovered by Antonio Noli in 1460. The original given name of [...]

Situated to the west of the lower half of the Archipelago, Brava is only 20km from Fogo and is geologically speaking part of Fogo. Brava’s cliff’s extend 4km below sea [...]

The island was discovered in 1460 and was originally known as Saint Cristovao. Nothing much happened on the island until English sailors came across the high quality salt in the [...]