Funana is intrinsically tied up in the history of Cabo Verde and the slave trade that plied the Atlantic Ocean. The ten islands which make up the country off the west coast of Africa were forcibly ...
On my first proper night in Praia, the capital of the island of Santiago, I saw a much more upbeat local group, Ferro Gaita, at the Atlantic Music Expo (AME), which is an off-shoot of WOMEX, the ...