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Miguel Moniz on Portuguese & Cape Verdean Life in Falmouth

"We sometimes, I think, think about Portuguese history, Cape Verdean history, as something apart from or separate from Falmouth history. But it's not, you know [...] Cape Verdean and Portuguese history is Falmouth history."

Miguel Moniz, Ph.D, is an anthropologist at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. Here he discusses the sometimes-invisible but vital life of Portuguese and Cape Verdean Americans in Falmouth, with Phoebe Acheson. This oral history was recorded on July 5, 2023 at Falmouth Community Television.


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From Falmouth Public Library's Joy of Learning series:

Rituals and Festivals: Cape Verdean, Portuguese & other Immigrant Place-Making Celebrations in Falmouth and the Cape (2022)

Video recordings of a remote Joy of Learning course led by Miguel Moniz, with guest speaker Lew White:

Forgotten Histories: The Unknown Stories of Portuguese and Cape Verdean Immigrants and How They Shaped the Cape (2021)

Video recordings of a remote Joy of Learning course with Miguel Moniz:

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