Are cape verdians african decents

Answer 1

Cape Verdean culture is a Portuguese creole culture, but ethnically, our background varies. The country is a group of islands, like Hawaii, and Western Europeans have been visiting the islands for hundreds of years. It was originally a Portuguese colony used as a slave port, and the ethnic mixing began there, but the people are mixed with several European nationalities - French, Dutch and Italian, as well as Portuguese. For example, the island of Brava is an popular Italian destination. Most of the young men who were hired by American whaling ships in the 19th century were from Brava, and so they brought this particular ethnic background with them to the found the current population of over 200,000 Cape Verdeans in America today. The vast majority of Cape Verdeans in the US hail from New England, and many of the original settlers mixed with the American Indians of that area as well. So, there is no definitive answer on ethnic background. I would say, just look at us as a Creole culture - a mix of West African and Western European. Also, much like the Louisiana French Creole people, we speak a creole language that mixes Portuguese and West African languages, and the dialect varies depending on which island you are from.

FROM: yak6ex

They look like light skinned blacks because 30% of them are black and the other 70% are mixed with European and black slave blood.

Just say there black.

Lomba says: There was very limited slavery in Cape Verde if any. This is because CV was a transport point for slaves coming to the Americas. CV mixture came about through liaisons between Euro men and SSA women. How can you just say that they are black when the majority are mixed?

Answer 2

Yes their Africans because their located in Africa and they speak Portuguese Creole which has African dialects and their mostly of African ancestry.

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

yes