Monday, June 24, 2024

São Vicente Paisagens

Landscapes of São Vicente 

This entry is an excerpt from a more complete entry of the same name on my Environmental Geography blog; it describes a travel course we are planning, in which music will combine with environmental and linguistic topics. Please see that version of São Vicente Paisagens for much more information about the course we are planning. It will offered primarily to BSU students but others may apply. The full entry describes the environmental content of the course and more about the music as well.

Music is an important part of cultural geography everywhere, but it seems especially to be the case in Cape Verde, where each island is home both to several distinct musical traditions and to a variety of contemporary artists. 

Among the latter are producers of music videos who really help geography learners by their rich incorporation of the cultural landscape. One example is Khaly Angel and his 2022 production Mindel (Mindelo -- below); another is Ariah by Jenifer Solidade.

We are very fortunate indeed that one of my collaborators in offering this course is Angelo Barbosa, who directs our Pedro Pires Institute for Cape Verdean Studies and who also has helped to create the definitive museum of Cape Verdean music, which is fully online.



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