AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCultural memory & heritage: President José Maria Neves backed a technical and museological dialogue on whether the Tarrafal Resistance Museum should include the memory of prisoners held there between 1974 and 1975, promising review with the Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Heritage Institute, and UNESCO advisory bodies. Diaspora activism: Portugal’s African diaspora will hold the third “Marcha Cabral” in Lisbon this Saturday, inspired by Cabo Verde’s “Marchas Cabral,” linking Amílcar Cabral’s legacy to today’s ecological crisis and calls to recognize, repair, and decolonize. Faith & migration in Cabo Verde: Ethnographic field notes describe a baptism at Praia’s São Francisco beach where Cape Verdean, Portuguese, Kabuverdianu, Korean, and Mandarin speakers share the same ocean-centered message. Community grief in the diaspora: In Brockton, Massachusetts, a vigil mourned 25 victims of a Cape Verde bus crash on Fogo, while the community also marked the death of a 22-year-old killed in a Taunton shooting. Health & tradition: WHO urges more research into traditional medicine, noting Cabo Verde’s commitment to set up national traditional medicine research centres.
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