From Cesária Évora to a new generation of performers, women are keeping Cape Verde's music alive and thriving on the world stage.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo of Cesaria EVORA (Michel Linssen/Redferns) Ask any Houstonian where Cape Verde is and some might tell you that's where many ...

Barefoot, arms raised and teeming with emotion, Ceuzany belts out the signature track from her latest album, a song dedicated to the fight against domestic violence, in a powerful voice that sends shi ...

Bridgeport's 42nd annual Cape Verdean Cookout Weekend returns this weekend.

For decades, the west African island nation of Cape Verde was perhaps best known for the music of late singer Cesária Évora. This summer, however, the Atlantic archipelago has gained fame for a ...

The Festival da Gamboa is the largest music festival on Santiago island, Cape Verde. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the small stretch of beach, nestled at the foot of the plateau of Praia, ...

From Cesária Évora to a new generation of performers, women are keeping Cape Verde’s music alive and thriving on the world stage.

Ask any Houstonian where Cape Verde is and some might tell you that's where many hurricanes form, before marching across the Atlantic to Texas. But the Republic of Cabo Verde, as it's officially known ...