Articles
Stories, analyses, and voices of Cape Verdean culture.
Collective and Transformation: The AME Movement
AME began as a market and became a movement. In 14 years, it was built through encounters, resilience, and music — turning Praia into a city that, for three days, expands beyond itself.
Fidju Kitxora: Tears That Fell on Dry Ground and Grew into Roots
Fidju Kitxora turns memory into performance — roots gathered, tangled with the present, and returned to the stage through music, dance, and electronics. A concept where every second counts.
Matos Trio: Rooted in Cabo Verde, Open to the World
Matos Trio brings three distinct paths into one language: Cape Verdean music reimagined through improvisation, soul, and a global ear. Their first vinyl LP marks the beginning of a new chapter.
Nara Couto: Movement, Sound, and the Africa That Was Always There
Nara Couto began with dance and arrived at sound — through Bahia, Togo, and an Africanness that was never a distance. At AME, she brings concepts that are lived, not just heard.
Sara Alhinho: The Freedom That Was Born in Two Singles
Sara Alhinho opened a drawer nobody knew existed — and out came two singles that are short films, complete worlds, and an entirely new artist.
Cremilda Medina: Singles as Art, Tradition as Compass
Cremilda Medina does not release singles — she releases works. A chronicle about an artist who approaches tradition with method, independence, and a rare musical integrity.
Loja Herculano — Where the Year Tasted Like a Year Held Close, and Time, for a Moment, Seemed to Learn How to Stay.
Loja Herculano is no longer what it was — but what happened inside it, on those two days of the year, still holds in the memory of those who were there. A chronicle about the place where Praia embraced itself.
Diva — A Word You Cannot Borrow
December took Cesária, Celina, and Dulce. But before speaking of loss, there is the question of what it truly means to be a Diva — and why, in Cabo Verde, that word belongs to one name alone.
The Morna Has Always Been, and Will Always Be, a Source
Vasco Martins travelled through the morna's imaginary and returned with an orchestral work that is, in his own words, a testimony to its greatness. A record that arrived before the UNESCO recognition — and deserved to.
António Nunes: The Morna, the Dance, and the "Poems from Afar"
Two poems, two scenes, one music: António Nunes captured the morna with the precision of someone who felt it from within — a legacy nuubai revisits, and that UNESCO gave to the world.