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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
June 13,
2017
Teresa Izzo<br>
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508-896-3867 ext. 137<br>
tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
Digging Into the Past<br>
<i>Who Are The Cape Verdeans?<br>
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</i> Barbara Monteiro Burgo<br>
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</i>BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster
presents <i>“Who Are the Cape Verdeans”<b> </i></b>with Barbara Monteiro
Burgo, <b>Wednesday,</b> <b>July 12, 2017 at 1pm.<br>
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The Archipelago of 10 islands known as the Cape Verde Islands in
the Atlantic is approximately 380 miles off the West Coast of Africa,
near Senegal. Many who live here on Cape Cod have heard that the
cranberry industry was built on the backs of Cape Verdean immigrants
especially in places like Harwich, Plymouth and Wareham, however, most
don’t know of the early settlements on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
According to the Nantucket Historical Society, the early Cape Verdean
immigrants were recruited by outward bound Nantucket whaleship voyages
that stopped at the Cape Verde islands of Brava and Fogo. Some of these
crewmen came back to Nantucket, settled on-island and found wives in
Nantucket’s African American community.<br>
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Join Barbara Burgo for a presentation and discussion on the history of
Cape Verdeans on Cape Cod and how a small group of local Cape Verdeans
have been educating Cape Cod residents, visitors and school children
about the long and amazing journey of many of the earliest Cape Verdeans
to these shores.<br>
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Barbara Burgo is from Taunton, MA and graduated in 2005 from Rhode Island
College with a Major in Cultural Anthropology (Magna Cum Laude) and a
Minor in Women’s Studies. In 2012, she returned to her “roots” and
served as Curator for a Cape Verdean Summer Exhibit titled <i>So Sabi!
(</i>Loosely translated as<i> So Good!)</i> at the Brooks Academy Museum
in Harwich<br>
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<b>Free with Museum Admission<br>
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<b> </b>For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867
ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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