Barbara Burgo on Cape Cod and Cape Verde
"We have just welcomed all of the elementary school second graders to the museum [...] and what we try to let them know is Cape Cod is so familiar to Cape Verdeans."
Barbara Burgo, co-founder of the Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center, discusses the many living links between Cape Verde and Cape Cod, with Troy Clarkson. This oral history interview was recorded on May 20, 2022 at Falmouth Community Television.
Ready to learn more? Explore our community resources:
From CLAMS:
- Phoenix of the Seas, Chester Brigham
- From Cape to Cape, Michael Whatley
- Early Cape Verdean & Portuguese Genealogy of Harwich, MA, Amanda Raneo Chilaka
- Between Race and Ethnicity: Cape Verdean American Immigrants, 1860-1965, Marilyn Halter
- Across the Atlantic: An Anthology of Cape Verdean Literature, ed. Maria M. Ellen
- Some Aspects of Cape Verdean Culture, Anthony D. Ramos, SPIA Media Productions
Web Resources:
- FPL Historic Postcard Collection: The Anita Gunning and Robert C. Hunt Postcard collections, archived on the Digital Commonwealth. Search by topic, location, or the card identifiers provided in the video transcript below.
- Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center: an outreach, education, and historical preservation organization based in the historic Emerald House in East Falmouth
- Schooner Ernestina: home of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, the vessel's fundraising and support organization
- Pedro Pires Institute for Cape Verdean Studies: an institution of Bridgewater State University that fosters connection and shared cultural scholarship between Cape Verde, the United States, and Cape Verdean Americans
- WHOI Sea Grant: a WHOI-based grant program that supports greater understanding and sustainable use of coastal and ocean resources
From the Falmouth Enterprise archive:
- "Continuing Flow Of Immigrants From Cape Verdes Keep Up Ties To Old Country," 2/18/1983 (pg.37)
- "Schooner Ernestina Again Will Face Atlantic Waves," 6/18/1983 (pg.20)
- "E. Falmouth Growers Played Large Role In Early Success Of Strawberry Industry," 5/24/1996 (pg.73-4)