CAPE VERDE: 10 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know

CAPE VERDE: 10 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know
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Cape Verde is a country found in North west part of the African continent in the Central Atlantic Ocean. The country is one of the smallest in Africa with a total land coverage of only 4,000 square kilometers. It is made up of a total of 10 volcanic archipelagos, numerous beaches and also great for mountain trekking. The country is found around the Cap-Vert Peninsula around Senegal. In this video, we share the 10 interesting facts that you probably didn't know about Cape Verde.
CAPE VERDE: 10 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know
1. Highest standard of living. Cape Verde is the country in West Africa with the highest standard of living. Thanks to the very stable economy that hugely depends on tourism, airlines and the hotel industry.
2. Highest number of Goats. Cape Verde has one of the highest numbers of Goats. It is said that the ratio stands at 1 goat for every 2 people and many of these are wild goats.
3. Virgin Land. Before colonial time, the island was uninhabited. It was until the 15th century that people started settling onto the island and these were Portuguese
4. High Number of Loggerhead turtles. Cape Vere posses as the country with one of the highest numbers of Loggerhead turtles in the world and it is illegal to capture or hunt these animals because they're considered endangered species.
5. Biggest mixed race population. This came as a result of intermarriage between the Portuguese and Africans that had been brought to work on plantations during colonial time.
6. Portuguese Creole. This is the official language. It has a blend of both Portuguese and African languages.
7. Not Agricultural friendly. Cape Verde is one of those African countries that are not Agricultural friendly. 10%-11% of the land are volcanic soils that don't permit agricultural practices. Much of the food consumed in the country is imported.
8. Largest Salt mines. Cape Verde once had the largest salt mines in the world. These were now turned into a tourism site on the Sal Island. They have breathtaking views.
9. Wet and Dry. The Islands of Santiago, Fogo and Santo Antao see most of the rainfall during the year while the islands of Sal, Boa Vista and Maio receive little to no rain at all during the year.
10. Stable Democracy. The country is one of the most democratic on the African continent. The leaders in the country change democratically and today the country is considered as one of the safest countries on the continent. This has also attracted many foreign investors to come to invest in the country.
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[@neilwilson5341]

We visited the island of Sal in late November 2021 and stayed at Riu Cabo Verde and loved it. It’s true “no stress” on the island. We loved the country and the people are very welcoming. Can’t wait to visit again.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Wow!!! Glad you enjoyed your stay in Cape Verde Neil.

[@CarschA]

I don't know. Sal (the tourist area) would be the worst place to visit. I couldn't go out without the hasslers coming to me and hassle me. Next time, go to the other islands.

[@dorianeggerickx9548]

I think we were together at the same place at the same time.

[@joaolopes5081]

We are waiting for you to visit cabo verde again

[@neilwilson5341]

@@joaolopes5081 thanks we will be back in 2022!

[@artlover7934]

I'm in love with cape verde 🇿🇦

[@jamesxanthios1317]

More great information.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Thank you James. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@ahmedtijjaniumar5465]

Very interesting country I learn more about the country Cape Verde watching from Nigeria

[@jacitoduarte8267]

I love my Country, my island is Sao Nicolau

[@paulosilassantos5633]

top top top

[@natneves8459]

My country

[@rubencardoso6787]

Nice video about my country. our official language is Portuguese not portuguese creole, we might have more number of goats per personbut not the larger number of goats in west Africa. One more, most vegetable we eat here is from cabo verde(cape verde) and u still can find lots of not fertilized vegetable

[@TheAfricanScript]

Glad you enjoyed the video Ruben. On which Island do you live?

[@rubencardoso6787]

@@TheAfricanScript , Santiago island.

[@adrianconnell7143]

I thought the goat fact was a bi bit odd as well

[@nouraclaudina4163]

Some say portugese creole because the people from Martinique Guadeloupe speak also creole also called creole antillais mixed with french.

[@rubencardoso6787]

@@nouraclaudina4163 okay, thank u

[@salimerdem7544]

Well, I called Cabo Verde during my Atlantic passage from Gibraltar to Caribbean, very nice and interesting place. In my opinion, its number “1” quality is its musical riches. You hear a Brasilian sound with Cuban flavor. Great musician and good performance…

[@guleiro]

That's because Cabo Verde and Brasil were former Portuguese colonies and they share very similar cultural features.

[@salimerdem7544]

@@guleiro dear guleiro, that is what I wanted to point out, the contraversy was the music was not like what you hear in Brasil, but more inclined to Cuban beats. I found that very interesting, because there must have been some culturally cross breeding at least on the musical front..

[@guleiro]

@@salimerdem7544 Yes, you are right. In a way on the musical sense it has been a back a fourth story in the last 400 years. The seeds of Brasil's musical heritage are rithms come from Africa (mostly from Angola) and Portugal. Cabo Verde was the crossroad that connected Europe, Africa and the Americas as every ship that wanted to reach those destinations had to stop there. More recently, with the advent of the radio in the early XXth century, brasilian music itself started to influence the music in Portugal and in the former portuguese colonies. So it has been a long history of mutual influences. The seeds came from Africa and Portugal initially but over time Brazil itself influenced others in the portuguese speaking world. The Cuban heritage is similar but their European roots come from Spain. Slightly different rithms from the portuguese. Indeed a very interesting history.

[@craiggonsalves158]

What music are you guys listening too? morna is like Portuguese Fado.... Coladeira is more like Haitian music... Funana is Funana none of our music has Cuban flavor 😂

[@salimerdem7544]

@@craiggonsalves158 Dear Craig, I will find my recordings and will share it with you..

[@NomadShifu]

Cape Verde can be expensive to visit when traveling to the famous islands Sal and Boa Vista. Average prices for an all-inclusive holiday are $1000 for 10 days per person, often including flights when leaving from the UK or Europe, and depending on the season. The lesser-known islands are often cheaper to visit.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Thanks for this great information.

[@Luisa-rb2jo]

At 100$ per day, all-inclusive, including flights...how is that expensive?

[@kbthegoat824]

@@Luisa-rb2jo I know right lol, you spend that in 3 days at some places, especially living in US.

[@winterrose9811]

I guess expensive is relative cause that price is cheap to me

[@annaroderick6969]

My great grandparents immigrated from Cape Verde to the US. I’d love to visit one day.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Oh wow!!! This is great Anna. Have you ever been to any other African country?

[@CarschA]

Geese, what are you waiting for?

[@nouraclaudina4163]

You need to go asap. I went for the first time when I was 6 years old. I go there every 4-5 years and you can see how the country has developped. I also visited Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Senegal. My nect trip will be Ivory Coast.

[@guleiro]

You'll love it. It's a country of happy people ❤

[@franciscodocanto1944]

That’s my country always representing 🤌🏾🇨🇻

[@CarschA]

Easy there, buddy! That's my country too! ;)

[@sallatourist]

One of my favorite African countries that I want to visit 🥰

[@TheAfricanScript]

Cape Verde is a very beautiful country. Am sure you’ll enjoy your visit to the country. Btw, which other African countries have you visited yet?

[@sallatourist]

@@TheAfricanScript none, am just planning to start 😜

[@TheAfricanScript]

Oh! Wow! You’re going to enjoy the continent. Most African countries offer a different vibe from each other. You’re definitely going to enjoy this

[@sallatourist]

@@TheAfricanScript I can't wait 🤩💃

[@gilfernando7623]

you lie!

[@legendlivin1]

Many interesting facts, would love to visit one day. Watching from Dominican Republic

[@williampolancos3673]

Roberto Peralta-Son muy parecidos por lo menos físicamente a un gran segmento de la población Dominicana

[@jetanimations]

You should visit more of the country side of Cape Verde that’s where most of our culture shines (the big cities mostly adapt to the tourist so it’s not very authentic if yk what I mean)

[@williampolancos3673]

@@jetanimations -Big cities ….???? What do you mean ? What big city are you talking about? There is no such thing in Cape Verde. Praia is the capital, the biggest and it barely has a population of about 159,000 people. I would hardly call that a “big city.” It’s more of a big town rather than anything else. The whole country has 459,999 people and by most standards it’s considered a tiny place. It’s hard to believe that such a stark cultural contrast is possible despite the size of its geographical location and number of people who lives there. Sorry, perhaps I’m missing something but what you’re saying just doesn’t make too much sense

[@jetanimations]

@@williampolancos3673 I’m talking about the big tourist attractions in places like places in sal and Praia. Tourist attraction places like that are big, flashy and for me doesn’t really show how deep our culture actually goes. since my parents were from fogo, in an rural area where there were no tourist attractions, my mother showed me a lot of culture you don’t really see in the big tourist attractions.

[@williampolancos3673]

@@jetanimations-Okay, gotcha. Now I know what you mean. Nonetheless, how many tourist attractions can there be that would distract you that much from its authentic Cape Verdean culture. If I visit any country the last place I would visit is an American Franchise restaurant like a McDonalds. You know what I mean? Why would I travel all the way to another part of the world spend my money and time to do something that is same or similar to what I can do back home. When in Rome do as to Romans do, and the same applies to Cape Verde. Let go see and mingle with the real people

[@IsomSeales]

🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻 Cape Verdean over here.. representing

[@TheAfricanScript]

Great to have you here. Btw, which amongst these 10 facts shared interested you most?

[@a.ferreira9787]

Ungb Ike, Great country and fantastic culture! Tens um grande país, um povo bonito e alegre e uma cultura incrível... E uma das bandeiras mais bonitas do mundo. Abraço de Portugal.

[@djonymorais]

Nsabia q tinha um data de cabra na CV. Ma ca parcem q no tem assim tont cabra ma bode pa ser um daquês primer país na mund!!!

[@imperadorz]

@@djonymorais ca bo estraga negoce, se cabra que es cre, no ta das cabra kkkkkkkkkkk

[@annaabebe1552]

I went twice to Praia and felt in love with the country. I want to live there forever if allowed.

[@imperadorz]

Oh so nice you liked my country, where you from ? You have to visit the other islands. Big hug.

[@annaabebe1552]

@@imperadorz I am from Ethiopia. The cradle of mankind.

[@deennrap]

ask, you never know

[@edelisemette3471]

for the next time, come to santo antao island, you will fall in love again.

[@garylauchli5508]

When our temperatures fall to 30 minus, would January to March be a good time to stay in Cabo Verde? BC CANADA

[@euricogoncalves5948]

Yes! We have a great weather here!

[@gizelagomes4388]

It's hot, but it catches the Sahara winds and it gets quite dry and the air heavier. The sea can also sometimes be rougher at this time. Best time may be from late March to mid November. December is great for New Year's Eve. Dm for more info

[@imperadorz]

We have good weather all year, you can come visit us. :)

[@marangelica95]

You can go to cape verse at any time of the year and the sea will be warm for Canadians. 🤙🏾

[@CarschA]

The ocean water gets a bit cool. Most Capeveardeans won't go in the water in that time of the year. Tourists stay away from the water. You can go and sit on the beach and catch the Sun, however.

[@africanday7337]

They need greenhouse farming technology and water desalination technology to produce food for the country; importation of farm produce will be more expensive

[@TheAfricanScript]

Great solution. Btw, have you ever been to any West African country?

[@sipotchitcha]

we do have some greenhouse farming, I'm from Sal island (the driest one on my books) and even there there is some investment in that direction, I don't know if it would ever be possible to make it sustainable enough to make us self sufficient, i'm not an agriculture expert :|... water desalination... I think other islands have some natural water sources but it's not enough for the entire population, therefore water desalination technology isn't a foreign concept to us or something that needs to be introduced to us, it's actually our main source of "fresh" water. I hope this helps but, as I said, I don't know much about agriculture.

[@cressfionajames]

On my bucket list. Been to Ghana twice...Kenya..Benin. can't wait to visit. I was born in Guyana and the video is reminiscent to home. Watching from New York.

[@CarschA]

Take me with you when you go there. I'll show you around. ;)

[@jeremydennis3290]

Welcome to kenya 🇰🇪

[@africanday7337]

If nobody inhabited the country b4 the arrival of the Portuguese, not even the Senegalese a stone throw away, where do the inhabitants of the country come from?

[@TheAfricanScript]

The Inhabitants are both Africans and Portuguese. Have you ever been to any of the islands around this Senegalese Archipelago?

[@imperadorz]

The Portuguese used the island for the slave trade, many fled and stayed on the islands, others ended up having children with the Portuguese.

[@loriormsby1873]

Where I'm from New Bedford Massachusetts USA we have a LG population of cape verdean people that have been born here I would luv to visit there

[@JosephGarey-ei7ie]

Not to mention the whaling ships out of New Bedford from 200 years ago,Cape Verde crew, we've been in New England 200 years, facts!

[@Packxen]

Cape Verde is a beautiful country I was there on vacation over the summer

[@TheAfricanScript]

Wow!!! You must have had a great time there. Btw, which amongst these 10 facts shared interested you most?

[@jocelinatavares108]

@@TheAfricanScript the video is amazing, I love it, but as a capeverdean I have to tell you, we don't have those kind of goat in the country 😂 😂

[@adrianconnell7143]

@@jocelinatavares108 The goat fact again

[@jocelinatavares108]

@@adrianconnell7143 again??? I didn't say anything about the goat before... 🤔

[@djonymorais]

Are you sure about that second fact?? I don’t remember us having so many goats. I mean, I’m not saying there are no goats in CV, because there are quite a few, but “one of the highest number of goats in the world” is a bit of an overstatement.

[@andreiaramos1189]

😂😂😂 man I was also like'' wtf,where are all these goats coming from and actually staying here in CV ?'' That was too much of a misinformation 😂😂😂

[@Rabidanti]

I thought it was weird too. I think he mistaken it with Cape Town,South Africa

[@joelmaanes752]

You can find most of them here in Maio Island 🏝

[@nlilly__]

My grandmother left Cape Verde when she was in her 20’s and we barely know much about our history. We don’t even speak Kriolu. How can I visit?

[@falaafrica3114]

Where are you from? Are you in the United States or in the United Kingdom? I am a Mozambican living in Mozambique. I have never been outside outside the country and hopefully you know that it is a Portuguese speaking country like Cabe Verde - your grandmother's country.

[@SHANNY13_96]

​@@falaafrica3114 hold fool u mfs obsessed with us and I don't know why cuz we gat damn sure 💯 don't be talk or think about y'all especially Brazilians angolans and sao tomese something wrong with y'all there is no way y'all not sick or obsessed I'm just saying 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤔

[@tfindierock]

Os nossos irmãos africanos. São muito boa gente. Tenho alguns amigos de origem cabo verdiana e são impecáveis.

[@elijahsesay5312]

Bro, you said many of the Africans were brought as slaves to work in the island, so who occupied the island before the Portuguese who presumably are Europeans? As far as I know Cape Verde is in Africa and how come was it an empty invasion? Or is it another Christopher Columbus? 🤔

[@samueldias2986]

im from cape verde. Before the

[@antoniocruz8083]

The portuguese arrived in Cape Verde in 1460 whereas Columbo first arrived in the Bahamas in 1492. Since there were no people in Cape Verde it was not an invasion but a discovery. Later, slaves were brought to the islands from mainland Africa to be sold to north and south America.

[@pattyalfama]

@@antoniocruz8083 I do understand your point of view, however they weren’t slaves, they were free men that were brought to the islands and sold as slaves!

[@antoniocruz8083]

@@pattyalfama Are you saying they were "fooled" into coming to the islands. "Great opportunities for everybody, good paying jobs". Who would want to move from their original land on mainland africa to work on a plantation in Cape Verde? There was no such things as salaries in those days for labour work. Of course they were forced to move. The islands were a trading center for slaves. Someone caught them on the continent, brought them to the islands with the specific purpose of being sold to the english, dutch or portuguese colonies on the other side of the Atlantic. That's my view.

[@pauloribeiro2437]

Yes, Portuguese are Europeans, if you look in to a Maps you will see that we are just in front of you USA ( I presume that you are American) , in the other side of the Atlantic.

[@chenyiabel3649]

I like the human touch given to cohabitation of different races as well as the democratic leadership. God bless Cape Verte.

[@CarschA]

Yes, democratic but falling to the european globalism narrative. They have to do whatever the WHO and the UN tells them, otherwise they won't get the help they've been getting from them, including tourism. China has a big influence there as well. Where is the Carnaval, the most traditionally celebrate fun on the islands? It's gone! I hope the ppl don't just give up like that. Stand firm, Capeveardeans. Don't give up to globalism.

[@guillermone1]

@@CarschA -There is a hidden agenda, being pushed by powerful forces, who wish to change the world by destroying people's cultural, gender and racial identity for who knows what sinister purpose.

[@CarschA]

@@guillermone1 Right on! And many don't see it, though ppl are waking up.

[@J19D82]

wait wild goats in CV... is this dude serious?🤣🤣🤣 im cape verdean never seen no wild goats

[@neydianalopes9809]

Same ahahaha

[@TheAfricanScript]

😂😂😂 Have you been to the Countryside?

[@J19D82]

@@TheAfricanScript it barely rains enough to feed domestic goats how are wild goats going to survive? only wild animals we have are few monkeys and guinea fouls/chickens

[@djonymorais]

Nca sabia q no tinha assim tont cabra ma bode!!🤣🤣

[@nata6835]

Born and raised until the age of 10 (Sal island) And my Parents are from Fogo island.

[@jB-zg9cu]

I’m living in Boston Massachusetts USA but I’m Cape Verde

[@TheAfricanScript]

Oh wow!! When did you last visit?

[@CaliforniaAllStars]

Portuguese Discovered! Hahhaha you mean took and stole!

[@pattyalfama]

Hahahahahaha right?!!🤣🤣🤣

[@ceulopes5277]

I am proud to be Capeverdean ! Thank you for the video!❤️😘❤️

[@ikechukwukenny]

I want to visit your country but I don't know anyone there

[@princechabanga]

Hi I will love to visit your country and can assist me?

[@princechabanga]

Do you have a KZbin and Instagram address

[@princechabanga]

I just subscribed to your KZbin channel

[@xavymendes1956]

Another interesting fact: we have an active volcano in the island of Fogo, which translated means fire 🔥 I grew up there 🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻

[@TheAfricanScript]

Thanks Xavy. When did you last visit the island?

[@xavymendes1956]

@@TheAfricanScript September of last year

[@nanarmushyan2351]

My mom grew up there as well!! 🇨🇻

[@luisdepina2258]

Straight from USA. Been following for a while. Big up. Knowledge is currency

[@htedits580]

I'm from Cape vert and I love this video♥️🥰🥰

[@the.ecom.prince]

watching from curacao i liked all 10 fatcts!!

[@djonymorais]

I flew to Curaçao once, and tried to communicate by speaking criolo, and I was quite surprised by how similar it is to papiamento!!!

[@admirmonteiro5294]

I love the video . Thank you . However ,On the #1 fact the main source is emigration my friend . Please do your research ? Emigrants from USA , Nederland , Portugal, Luxembourg…. Invest a lot in Cape Verde and they also send money to their family members.

[@djallin2727]

Greetings, This video was beautifully Narrated!!! Greetings from USA. Keep up the great work An informer on some of the most beautiful places in the African continent , Thank you.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

probably one of the cleanest countries in Africa. Why cant the other African countries build a similar infrastructure.

[@mervynmontague1811]

Interesting I'm watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@TheAfricanScript]

Glad to have you here Mervyn. Have you ever been to Africa?

[@motoistic5954]

I really enjoyed visiting Cape Verde! I went to Sal, the salt mine's are a tourist location now where you can literally float in the water without moving your arms and legs. The people are very friendly and the weather is perfect for vacation.

[@correiasouto6095]

Thanks for the video about my country, but some of your facts are inaccurate. i wonder where did you get them from?

[@sheilawhenham8209]

Love visiting Sal and Boa vista....No stress 💕💕💕 xxxx

[@TheAfricanScript]

Beautiful places indeed. When did you last visit Sheila?

[@sheilawhenham8209]

We were due to visit Sal 2020 then covid ,so we rebooked for 2021 again covid .Before that we visited 2018 to Boa vista .We took 2 grandchildren to Sal 8 years ago they loved it .We will get to Sal hopefully 2023 God willing x

[@barrywilliams8289]

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[@diegoganga5754]

Ci andrò sicuramente, queste isole sono davvero splendide; vivo in Sardegna, sono Sardo e come tale, sono attratto dalle isole da sempre... sarà la mia prossima tappa.

[@iiicuuubreathingfullyoohoohooh]

#5 3:50 as well as #7 5:08 both stood out to me. Seeing a thumbnail of the singer Mayra Andrade drawn me in. Watching from New York, U.S.A.

[@amanuelyohannesabebe3807]

Very Interesting country.. Hope one day I will visit Cape Verde. Watching from Ethiopia. 🇪🇹

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[@onelove4all]

Get your facts right! The Portuguese never discovered Cape Verde . The Africans were already their before the Portuguese came!!!!. The Portuguese came and met the indigenous people who owns the land. The Portuguese and British are good is changing people's names and claims the founders. Stop spreading and promoting distorted history. Thank you.

[@aduliszula7991]

Very interesting beautiful island. I hope I will visit one day.

[@marcosilva2928]

I'm from Cape Verd and I love my contry

[@brunoazevedo2381]

Official language is Portuguese from Portugal. Kriolu is not official yet but the plan is to have two official languages in the future.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Thank you Bruno

[@jel5034]

Although we haven't been for 2 years because of Covid, our previous 5 trips have been superb. We have Island friends on Sal and plan to go back this year. It's safe, clean and super friendly with a guaranteed climate although i cannot stress enough as inviting as the sea looks, it can be a very dangerous place. The rip currents are as bad as anywhere i've been around the World and you'll do very well to take heed of the beach flag colours, red being you don't go in at all. The pay the multilingual island hotel workers receive is very poor so we usually give a 2 Euro tip at breakfast and 3 at dinner. My wife takes underwear and sanitary products that she gives to the cleaners and workers, we take books for kindergartens and stationary for the teachers. We love Sal and its people, it really is the place to chill. Muito amor, from South London, England.

[@corbraun6354]

Why everybody visit only sal and Boa vista? I am going to Sao Vicente and Santo Antao.I felt it more interesting because of Mindelo Cesarea Evora and the hikes challenges at Santo Antao.

[@kbthegoat824]

So many places to visit in this beautiful world.

[@Mindset-StarASMR]

My family and I visited back in 2016! We went to Sal and had a wonderful time together! We went horse riding in the salt mines and along the beach! It’s truly a paradise 🥰 watching from near London uk

[@imperadorz]

I am from Cabo Verde, i didnt know the Goat part hehehehehehe. Great video of my country, Many thanks.

[@azrusonii]

Its a shame they try to make people think CV was first settled by the Portuguese when many tribes of the Mali Empire occupied the land as well as Sao Taome and Principe. The fishermen traveled the Atlantic very often

[@elizabethcanto6050]

History written by the colonizers. Who would believe an African Island off the Coast of Africa did not have Africans on it before the Portuguese. I am Cabo Verdean American

[@yaronatzo1]

The islands did not have any permanent settlements before the Portuguese started settling in 1462. There is evidence of minor temporary camps made by West African fishermen where they left behind cooking materials like pots and fireplaces, but nothing significant like a settlement. People should be realist and neither be Euro-centric nor also be Afro-centric, take things for what they are and don't try to be revisionist just to boost your pride. Cape Verde has always been a place of miscegenation and we take pride of both our ancestors, Africans and Europeans.

[@azrusonii]

@@yaronatzo1 there are tribes native to Cape Verde even to this day and many elders will tell you they settled on the island way before Columbus or any European influence. The Portuguese just wanted to erase the history as if they were the founders of the island which is not true. Its not about Afro centrism or Euro centrism its about facts and covered up history

[@yaronatzo1]

@@azrusonii I don't know where you got that from, but you're wrong. The only thing close to what you're saying are the Rabelados in the island of Santiago who were fugitive slaves that fled to the Northern part of the island and the reason why they did that was because they were fleeing religious prosecution as they did not agree with the changes implemented in the Catholic Church where they went from the Old Testament to the New Testament. There are no Tribal communities in Cape Verde. You really have no understanding of Cape Verde, it's culture or history and as such shouldn't bring misinformation to those who might actually want to learn about its history.

[@SHANNY13_96]

We Know About Mali 🇲🇱 Lebou People From Senegal 🇸🇳 But We Hvave No Sao Tome Or Angola Even Our Language Is Influenced By Temnè People From Sierra Leone Mandinka Gambia Of course Mali Cuz We Say Alo Of Things That Come From Maili And Mauritania 🇲🇷 We Also Got People From Goa South India And Siri Lanka 🇱🇰 That Was Brought Over Here Other West African Country Azaru Sonii West African Overall And Other Island They Mix With Other Europeans Such As French Dutch British And Portuguese Even Arabs From Morocco That Invaded The Island Of Fogo Brava/San Vicente 🤎✊🏾✌🏾💪🏿

[@magretug3265]

Am from Uganda, very nice country

[@TheAfricanScript]

Thank you Magret. Have you been to any West African country before?

[@imperadorz]

Thank you very much, come visit Cabo Verde, you will be very well received.

[@liliethelenaemparis2711]

A minha terra é maravilhosa, como somos conhecidos pela nossa morabeza. Saudades da minha gente.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Beautiful Cabo Verde

[@giseleluz6102]

Eu nasci em prtugal mais vivo em cabo verde e neste momento estou em cabo verde

[@rankobaic4075]

Watching from Canada .

[@radcliffemurphy5273]

You can"t discover a country that already exist your being nice to the Portuguese

[@TheAfricanScript]

😂😂😂😂

[@saschamaj]

There was no country before the Portuguese came because Cape Verde was not inhabited by humans. So in this case, they truly did discover new land. That's what was actually said in the video and can be verified in a few seconds online.

[@pattyalfama]

@@saschamaj some historians believe that some Africans had already visited the archipelago, but never settled (maybe for lack of resources of the archipelago). That’s why, tons of people believe that Portugal didn’t discover Cabo Verde.

[@Joe-tr2vk]

It is what it is. Here in North Western Tanzania 🇹🇿 one white bloke Mr.Bismark 'discovered' some strange looking rocks off the shore of Lake Victoria and named the rocks after himself though there were natives living and seeing the rocks from the time immemorial 😂😂

[@radcliffemurphy5273]

Watching from USA thanks for the knowledge

[@TheAfricanScript]

You’re welcome Murphy. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@catisiamorais8880]

Cabo Verde, minha terra... Amo ❤️

[@ITavares]

😂 thoses goats aren’t capeverdean

[@anaevora3205]

Nice video. I'm a Capeverdean who resides in the US, and I must say that your video was quite interesting and very informative especially for those who are not familiar with Cabo Verde and its existence. Excellent work...

[@falaafrica3114]

Oh Greetings. I am from Mozambique 🇲🇿 myself

[@anaevora3205]

@@falaafrica3114 nice. bom fim de Semana

[@falaafrica3114]

@@anaevora3205 De nada. Podes conversar juntos ??

[@amgstiernon1]

Interesting the 10 facts; could have mentioned something about the food? Watching KZbin from Colombia, South America.

[@dr.k4931]

It is good to understand various countries in Africa well through The African Script. I hope the pandemic is over and I want to visit several African countries. Thanks from Seoul, Korea.

[@falaafrica3114]

That is good..come and have fun. I am from Mozambique myself, Africa

[@wesleylima6841]

I'm from Cape Verde but I don't know this part of the goat kakakak

[@antoniocorreia2577]

Lol goat ???? I hope your channel keep growing Thank you for promoting but the goat lol !!!

[@TheAfricanScript]

😀

[@venkatesansrinivasan7692]

Amazing facts,! I am from India the great country.

[@TheAfricanScript]

Thank you. Which amongst these facts shared interested you most?

[@kristiangustafsson4568]

My family has been to Cape Verde 2 times now. One in October 2019 and in November 2021. We been to Sal both times but in different hotels each time. It can be very windy sometimes. But to us from Sweden it's like a cold breeze more than wind. So when it's cold here in Sweden Cap Verde is great because it's like our summer. I didn't know that Cap Verde have the highest amount of goats in the world. And also the highest economy in Africa. Fun facts.

[@zulu_mafia]

He said "Standard of Living" Also only within "West Africa"

[@CarschA]

Next time, you need to visit the other islands. There is a huge difference. Sal would be the last place to visit in the whole country - at least for me.

[@paulalecq388]

The highest number of goats per people, not the highest number of goats. There is a huge difference.

[@edmundoaguiar7391]

Thank you for the beautiful video. I was borne in the island of São Miguel Azores, I enjoyed watching the video it educated me a bit more about Cabo Verde as it is spelled in Portuguese.

[@imperadorz]

Vem visitar Cabo Verde, sou de Cabo Verde, estive nos Açores e adorei. Visitei a Ilha do Faial, Pico, Terceira e São Miguel. Abraço.

[@guleiro]

Tanto quanto eu sei, os portugueses que colonizaram Cabo Verde vieram principalmente dos Açores e Madeira...

[@SHANNY13_96]

Who cares about ur education y'all ain't nobody thats facts 💯

[@clotilderocha287]

Nossa gue comoção lindo vídeo maravilhosas Parabens pelo seu video cabo verde e muito bunita as ilhas de cabo verde são lindo demais abraço continua de Portugal lisboa

[@CVDIASPORA]

You must take this video down. Lots of footages that is not Cape Verde. You have many incorrect information, wrong facts. The Official language is not Portuguese creole because is not such thing a portuguese creole. The official language is kriolu di Cabo-Verde. Please take the video down because most of the information is incorrect. Thank You!

[@equilibrium352]

I will fly this summer to cape Verde thank you for the Info

[@CarschA]

Make sure you take me with you. I'm comfortable in a suitcase.

[@janestevens9973]

From UK. My son and family are staying on Boa Vista for Christmas 2021

[@TheAfricanScript]

Great to have you here. Have you ever visited Cape Verde?

[@janestevens9973]

@@TheAfricanScript No sadly but my family are having a great time.

[@imperadorz]

Oh good, I hope they like our country, they can always visit other islands.

[@Classe6688]

Looks very nice, I will visit your country shortly. Greatings from Sweden.

[@scratchingtheitch]

Love these videos! I have been binge watching and learning so much

[@dradamswayneawmedicallabs5291]

CAPE VERDE IS VERY INTERESTING

[@_manofreal3133]

If I didn't know actual histor- I'd have gotten a very different view of the Portuguese from this than reality.

[@TagusMan]

Pet peeve... Never understood why the name is translated as Cape Verde in English and not Cape Green. Why only translate half the name? Why translate it at all? In Mexico, nobody translates Cabo San Lucas into Cape Saint Luke. Rio de Janeiro is not known as River of January. San Francisco isn't Saint Francis. Madeira isn't called Wood. Call Cabo Verde by it's proper name. Abraço.

[@mariadefatimagomescoldewey6772]

I love Cap verde

[@TheAfricanScript]

Beautiful country. Have you been to all the islands?

[@jasongold708]

You said Cabo Verde is an island nation. That means it's a part of Africa, but not on the continent. I'm aware of where Cape Verde is. It's a part of Macaronesia which includes The Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands. The first 2 are a part of Portugal and the Canary Islands are a part of Spain. Some may say I'm being too technical, but nobody says Hawaii and Alaska are on the North American continent.

[@brunoazevedo2381]

Fact #2 is not correct. We do not have that many goats 😂

[@TheAfricanScript]

Have you been to the countryside?

[@mojsvetputovanja7092]

Watching from Serbia

[@TheAfricanScript]

Glad to have you here. Have you ever been to Africa before?

[@mojsvetputovanja7092]

@@TheAfricanScript no yet, but i wish go to Africa

[@imperadorz]

If you want to escape the cold, have wonderful beaches with warm water throughout the year and 27 degrees in winter. Come to the island of salt, come to Cape Verde.

[@angelinanafoui1543]

My Great Grand father is from Santiago Cap Verde... I'm watching from Vanuatu where he migrated with his Portuguese wife Antonia...His name is Francisco Debarros.. But I don't know about his Family lines...He is a black man like African Senegalese... I'd like to know more about this country..Thanks for sharing

[@swordofmymouth9692]

JEWS EXPELLED BY PORTUGAL TO WEST AFRICA: "King John II. in 1492,expelled all the Jews to the island of St.Thomas, which had been discovered in 1471, and to other Portuguese settlements on the continent of Africa; and from these banished Jews, the black Portuguese, as they are called, and the Jews in Loango, who are despised even by other Negroes, are descended.By these colonists, St.Thomas soon became a considerable place of trade, and valuable for its sugar plantations.Thirty years after their settlement, not less than one hundred and fifty-six thousand ar-robes(of thirty pounds weight each) of sugar were exported;and the engines of sixty sugar works,turned by slaves.These Negroes were purchased in Guinea, Congo, and Manicongo, and the colonists had plantations furnished with from one hundred and fifty to three thousand Negroe slaves." pg 141- The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 57 - year 1784

[@Darkioowrld]

this wrong "6. Portuguese Creole. This is the official language. It has a blend of both Portuguese and African languages." we speak portugues as our official language and criol de cabo verde as second language....... not even a 100 kkkk"2. Highest number of Goats. Cape Verde has one of the highest numbers of Goats. It is said that the ratio stands at 1 goat for every 2 people and many of these are wild goats." thats on Maio island "8. Largest Salt mines. Cape Verde once had the largest salt mines in the world. These were now turned into a tourism site on the Sal Island. They have breathtaking views." so thats make it 7 facts of cape verde island

[@Jetmab04]

I visited Santiago in January, loved the country and people so much, I'll come back and visit Santo Antao abs Sao Vicente next 💕❤️💕

[@Rodney-1972]

Watching from Fort Worth Tx! Very interesting. According to history Cape Verde was a place used to break enslaved Africans before sending them around the world during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

[@lmorris1953]

I love your music in the background. What food do the locals like to eat since that you said most food is imported?

[@ediltonspencer6974]

As a Capeverdean, here you will find a little from every part of the world. We have some typical food like Cachupa, but African, European and Chinese food are found everywhere restaurant. Seafood is also great here.

[@adydascardoso]

Our dishes are very close to the Mediterranean, based on rice, vegetables, meat, fish and also various types of beans, but our traditional dish is made with corn and various kinf of beans. You can see our top 3 importation countries in each continent: Europe: Portugal, Spain, Italy America: Brasil, USA, Outhers Africa: Marroc, Senegal, Egipt Asia: China, Japan, Tayland

[@larryledwards8327]

I'm from USA but it seems seafoods would be the main staple of the Cape's diet followed by goat meat. Is that so or not?

[@CarschA]

@@larryledwards8327 Yep! Goat can be a bit expensive though. Pork and chicken are cheaper.

[@auxilianeves4913]

Nós cabo-verdiano somos um Povo lindo País onde há paz alegria sempre nossa riqueza e nossa Morabeza , nossa cultura, mestiçagem. Devemos conservar nossa cultura as traições , nossa paz povo pacífico, orgulho ser cabo-verdiano!

[@melissapacheco4877]

So many wrong facts in this video! Wild Goats on Cabo Verde? Don't exist! Also some video content that you use is definitely NOT from Cape Verde! for example at minute 03:12

[@kamsarodobe7104]

Hey all people black I want tell all where they come from and where they go soon first all people garer and ciise come from countries Asia like bangaladich and Afghanistan and Kashmir ok but now they will go soon Asia all people garer they will go Kazakhstan and All people ciise and canfar they will go soon urzekhan ok all that people I write they're not African people they come in Asia and they will back where they come not stay again ok byyyyyy all and thanks

[@kamsarodobe7104]

Hey all people black I want tell all where they come from and where they go soon first all people garer and ciise come from countries Asia like bangaladich and Afghanistan and Kashmir ok but now they will go soon Asia all people garer they will go Kazakhstan and All people ciise and canfar they will go soon urzekhan ok all that people I write they're not African people they come in Asia and they will back where they come not stay again ok byyyyyy all and thanks

[@haatpraat2993]

04:05 Not 'intermarriage'. It was more a case of the Portuguese raping the black enslaved captives they forcibly brought to the island.

[@anthonywest7583]

VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO.

[@KSL-rj3du]

Hi! I am holding a Portuguese passport, how long can I stay in your country. Can I open a small restaurant if I have only the trival Visa. Is English speaking commonly use not only in the tourist area but also in the other areas.

[@antonioloffvarela506]

Facts 2 thats no Cap Vert Sr. Dig in