Destinations > Africa > Cape Verde

Many know Cape Verde only through the haunting of the 'barefoot diva'. To visit her homeland - a series of unlikely volcanic islands off the coast of Senegal - is to understand the strange, bittersweet amalgam of West African rhythms and mournful Portuguese melodies that shape her music.

Explore Cape Verde
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Photos
Sinister grey bulk of Mt Fogo, which last erupted in 1995  Village of Paul, perched on northern coast of Santo Antao Island  Canon on battlements of Fort Real do Sao Felipe, in ruined town of Cidade Velha  
Weather
Cape Verde is pleasant year-round. Even during the so-called rainy season from mid-August to mid-Oct .. more
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