Other American Dreams Report: Clinton wins we lose a little more.
The earliest election I remember is Dukakis/Bush of 1988. I had no idea who was who, or why Willie Horton was important, but there were pictures of random Cape Verdeans in my house (I’m guessing this is common in Creolo households) and Michael Dukakis was in one of...
Jag Vs. Djagasida
So this is another dish which I have heard about but am not quite ready to critique yet. But already I have heard a huge buzz about it. Basically it is one of those dishes that Cape Verdeans whose families have been in America for a very long time have held on to as...
Portuguese is to Cape Verdean as Mandarin is to Taishanese.
I realize I did not properly introduce myself in written form and maybe we even got off on the wrong foot. In fact, readers may wonder why someone Chinese and white has the audacity to comment on Cape Verdean culture. I have been doing something similar with Boston’s...
High Expectations for Cabo Verde at 2016 Rio Paralympics
Cabo Verde will be sending two athletes to compete in the 2016 Rio Paralympics starting September 7th through the 18th. The Minister of Sports of Cabo Verde, Fernando Elisio Freire, expressed high expectations that the two athletes have a strong bid to win medals for...
Other American Dreams Report: Black Olives Matter
There is no doubt about it, all olives matter. It is simply an intrinsic fact. If a difference exists between green and black olives beyond the obvious, then I have to discern it. But imagine for a moment a surreal world, something perhaps out of the mind of Salvador...
My First Taste of Cape Verde
I had heard about Cachupa, the national dish of Cape Verde. The first time I saw it was a news piece about the Onset Cape Verde Festival. They showed food that had been Americanized and some…”not so much.” The camera focusing in on a big pot of what looked like mush....