Season 1 · Episode 11
Morna: Cape Verde's Music of Displacement and Return
AJ Longreads · Al Jazeera
July 4, 202130m 31s
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Show Notes
The longing for home or for those who've left in search of a better life is summed up in one word. Sodade. Cape Verde and its sons and daughters of singers, poets and musicians capture it all in mornas.
AJ Long Reads explores this musical practice as Cape Verdeans observe independence from Portugal on July 5th,
Written by-Beatriz Ramalho da Silva.
Read by Jo de Frias.