The island nation of Cape Verde has given rise to a diaspora that spans the four continents of the Atlantic Ocean. Migration has been essential to the island since the birth of its nation and connections to faraway places continue to dominate its day-to-day life. This volume makes a significant contribution to the study of international migration and transnationalism by exploring the Cape Verdean diaspora through its geographic diversity and broad thematic range. Analyzing such themes in Cape Verdean transnationalism as music, language, the Internet, and gender relations, Transnational Archipelago testifies to the strikingly diverse outcomes of migration from a single, small country.
CONTENTS
Cape Verdean Migration and DiasporaJørgen Carling and Luís Batalha
SECTION I – DIASPORA COMMUNITY PORTRAITS
Cape Verdeans in the United StatesMarilyn Halter
Cape Verdeans in ArgentinaMarta Maffia
Cape Verdeans in São Tomé and PríncipeAugusto Nascimento
Cape Verdeans in PortugalLuís Batalha
Cape Verdeans in SpainRocio Moldes Farelo and Luzia Oca González
Cape Verdeans in ItalyJacqueline Andall
Cape Verdeans in the NetherlandsJørgen Carling
Cape Verdeans in SwedenLisa Åkesson
SECTION II – MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM
Making Waves: Cape Verdeans, Whaling and the Uses of PhotographyMemory Holloway
And when the Women Leave? Female Emigration from Boa VistaAndrea de Sousa Lobo
Cape Verdean Tongues: Speaking of ‘Nation’ at Home and AbroadMárcia Rego
Cape Verdean Transnationalism on the InternetSónia Melo
Images of Emigration in Cape Verdean MusicJuliana Braz Dias
Cape Verdean Migration, Music Recordings and PerformanceRui Cidra
Diasporic Networks, Political Change and the Growth of Cabo-Zouk MusicJoAnne Hoffman
Managing Work and Care for Young Children in Cape Verdean Families in PortugalKarin Wall
Cape Verdeans’ Pathways to Health: Local Problems, Transnational SolutionsHuub Beijers & Cláudia de Freitas
Cape Verdean Diasporic Identity FormationGina Sanchez Gibau
The Resilience of the Migration TraditionLisa Åkesson
