Evolution of archipelagos creole societies. Lançados mediators in Guinea of Cape Verde

21 Abril 2016, 14:00 • José Augusto Nunes da Silva Horta

Consequencies of the Atlantic routes evolution to the archipelagos creole societies (Cape Verde — Upper Guinea Coast; S. Tomé — the gulf of Guinea and West Central Africa)

The Historical and geographical background of Upper Guinea Coast/Guinea of Cape Verde. Lançados and Luso-Africans as mediators of the Atlantic trade; patters of relationship with the African landlords.

Mandatory readings:

A. A. de Almada, Brief Treatise (excerpt)

Disney, 2, pp. 45-49, 49-56, 56-65