12-2-2023 Praia, Cape Verde, Africa

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12-2-23 Praia, Cape Verde:

Praia co nghia la beach trong tieng Bo Dao Nha, Mindelo la port city cua Island Sao Vincent thuoc 1 trong 10 dao cua Cape Verde. 93% tong so dan o dao nay song tai day. Dao nay bi anh huong van hoa cua Bo dao Nha va sau nay boi Brasil. Co 69 ngan nguoi song tren dao nay. Tu 1910 den 1940 co nhieu strikes xay ra vi ngheo doi. Thang 3-1934 co riot xay ra lam 1 nguoi chet va nhieu nguoi bi thuong. Tu 1940 den 1958 co Famine xay ra vi han han lam 43,000 nguoi chet.



Cape Verde la mot nuoc doc lap nam o Phi Chau va tung o duoi su cai tri cua Bo Dao Nha vi the du thuyen hay may bay tu Bo Dao Nha thuong ghe qua day. Vi la nuoc doc lap nen nuoc nay co Tong thong dung dau va Thu tuong dung dau noi cac. Duoc doc lap tu Bo dao Nha ngay 5-7-1975. Rong 4,033km2 voi dan so la 561,000. Co 10 volcanic islands cach Cap Vert , westternmost point of Africa 600km. Ngay xua la noi tru an cua hai tac va no le. Thu do cua Cape Verde la Praia.Ngay xua o day khong nguoi o den the ky 15 thi Portugal kham pha va chiem lay de roi noi la noi dung chan cua slave trade va Pirate.

Lecture: The Cape Verdes-Between Africa and New England

People in Cape Verde from Africa brought over as slaves and got stuck there after Portugal left. Unemployment is very high. Most of them are flat and Vocanic. Most of them are whalers and traveled all over the world. Fogo la main Vocanic mountain. Portugal wanted to grow sugar canes fileds and brought them over. The islands exposed to Pirates and drought so created starvation. They have to find the way for living. Foods are tofu. They migrated to US and stayed in state of Rhode Islands. When they stayed in Cape Verde. They were whaling and sent back home money. They did not own land. The land were owned by group. They helped each other. Men went out searching jobs and sent money home to take care the families with female oriented In later came home to take care a babies without knowing who were father because many men came over when they were not home. In 1800 whaling began staring from Massachusette and men searched for work with low pay. Later they had money and bought boats and brought family over Rhode Islands and built up communities in Rhode islands. They were not portugues, not whites , not Africans. The cap Verdean Identity Crisis in the US. They organizred their own social groups.

Refugees from Cape verde came to US on a small boats from Starvation. Lecturer Olga Stavrakis was also a refugee and she came to US from Greece at 7 spending 17 on the ship before reaching New York. Cape Verdeans refugees came to US they were not whites, Blacks … they lived in Rhode islands. Women worked in cranberries fields. They had their own groups. They gained higher educations. They have a good contact with homeland and when Cape verde got problem they sent home money even they do not have much to offer. That time US opens widely to refugees not like present requiring Visa.

Cape Verde gained independence 5-7-1975 from Portugal.

Chuyen di Cape Verde 12-2022:

Saturday, December 10 Praia, IIha de Santiego, Cape Verde 7am to 5:30pm, US1$=104 CVE( Cape Verdean Escudo)

Tu Dakar, Senegal toi Praia dai 410 miles va mat 2 ngay di tu 6pm 12-8 den 7am ngay 12-10.Gentle people, not danger.

To go near from port: 1) museum Amicar cabral 2) Alexandre Albequeque square 3)Plateau District-a) Presidental Palace b) City hall c) Catheral d) ethnographic Museum about history of Cape verde 4) Sucupira Market 5) Go to beach, Praiha Beach, Quabra Canela Beach 5)cruz de Papa Monument

To go far: 1) Cidade Velha and Real Forte De Sao Filipe –Unesco for slave trade 2) Assomada 3) Assomada 4)Serra Malagueta (mountain) 3) Tarrafal Concentration Camp. 4) Tarrafal Beach 5) Cape Verdean Botanic Garden (From Port to Tarrafal= 1hr26, 44miles)

Cach day 4 nam toi du dinh di den Cape Verde nen mua giay may bay tu Paris bay den Cape Verde roi. Nhung khi o Paris toi phan van di den Cape Verde vi o day khong duoc an ninh nen toi bo ve may bay va khong di. Mai man lan nay du thuyen den day.

Main island la Praia da so la Whalers similiar like Hawaii. They brought here not voluntuly but by Portugal. Only 10% of land can grow. Portugal moved out and left people here and making people starving in 1700s. Not enough food. Flat islands. Mixed culture Portugal, Africans.1900s starvasion=and go Whaling. They do not owned land but by groups. Men went out to work and sent money back to take care the family. Later they returned to take care family and children may not belonged to them because when they were away many men came over. They came to Rhode Island to work as whalers and when they had money they bought boats and brought their families over and set up cape verde people groups to help each others.

Cape Verde tao nen boi 10 islands la Santiago, Santo Antão, Boa Vista, Fogo, São Nicolau, Maio, São Vicente, Sal, Brava and Santa Luiza. va 5 inlets. Longneck turtle noi tieng sanh de tai day.



Thu do cua Cape Verde la Praia. Co 483 ngan dan trong dien tich la 4,000km2, dan song tai day noi tieng Porugese vi tung bi Bo Dao Nha chiem dong va duoc Bo Dao Nha tra lai doc lap ngay 5-July-1975. Chinh vi the ma muon di den day da so chuyen bay deu khoi hanh tu Lisbon. La mot island country nam giua Dai tay Duong. Cape Verde gom co 10 Volcanic islands voi tong so la 4,000km2. Cac dao nay cach Cape Vert, dinh Westermost point cua Africa o Senegal, khoang 600 den 850km. Nhung dao nay khong co nguoi o den the ky 15 khu Bo Dao Nha kham pha va tao thanh thuoc dia. Vi la dia the quan trong trong viec van chuyen Slaves nen noi day tro thanh noi hap dan cho cac pirates va cac thuong buon vao the ky 17,18 tuy nhien kinh te suy giam khi nan no le bi ngung tre vao the ky 19. Portugal la nuoc dau tien buon ban no le tu Phi chau den Nam My va Chau My. Sau do cac nuoc Au Chau khac bat chuoc di theo. Sau 1990 nuoc nay tro nen tan tien va service vi thieu tan nguyen thien nhien, Song nho nhieu vao tourist.

Toi thuc day luc 5am va biet duoc du thuyen da di duoc 17,678 nm tu diem bat dau o Florida. Noi day cach Praia thu do cua Cape Verde la 10.5nm nen bien con sau la 3020m. Toi ra ngoai di bo nhu moi ngay. Den 6:30am thi mat troi sap moc voi mau do hong chay dai theo mat bien. Xa xa la den cua thu do Praia bat dau lo dang. Theo chuong trinh thi du thuyen se cap ben luc 7am nen thanh pho da duoc thay tu xa. Toi da tung muon di den nhung nuoc Phi Chau khong doi hoi Visa ma Cape verde la mot. Nen toi da du dinh di nhieu lan den day . Lan dau cach day khoang 5 nam toi da mua ve roi tu Paris bay den day nhung sau cung bo khong di vi thay co vai nhan vien toa dai xu My tai day bi cuop chan duong nen toi ngai. Sau do vai lan toi dinh di den Portugal de di den day vi noi Portugal tung chiem Cape Verde nhu la thuoc dia va mac dau da tra lai doc lap cho Cape Verde nhung su lien he kinh te van con manh va nhieu dan Portugal van con song o day dai han vi khi hau am va re va nhieu dan Au chau den day du lich nen di den day de dang nhat la bay tu Lisbon, Portugal.

Hom nay duoc dip di du thuyen di khap Africa ma lai duoc ghe dao nay lam toi rat thich thu. Chinh vi ly do nay ma toi da dat mua cruise nay rat som khoang 3 thang truoc khi khoi hanh va toi rat it khi mua som nhu vay. Toi mua som vi toi so sold out thi lo co hoi.

Va hom nay duoc dip den dao nay thi toi thich lam.

Den 7am thi tau cap ben. Xuong tau toi gap mot anh chang tour guide dang cho khach de cho di. Anh ta noi tieng ANh rat gioi nhu nguoi song o My. Anh ta noi anh ta hoc tieng ANh o dai Hoc o day va co Me day o Rhode Island da lam giay bao lanh anh ta qua do o luon da 3 nam roi nhung chua xong va con cho. Anh ta noi neu khong co than nhan o do thi se qiua My khong duoc. Anh ta noi dan Cape Verde qua tieu Bang Rhode island rat nhieu vi ngay xua dan o day qua do lam nghe san ca voi roi o do luon. Anh cho xem hinh cua me anh ta va anh em. Anh ta noi dan o day lan lon du thu tu da den den da mau, va da trang va chinh me anh ta la nguoi da trang nhung anh ta lai da den co le tu cha,

Sau do anh ta gioi thieu toi di xe taxi den cac noi khap dao nay. O day co 10 dao nhung co mot dao khong co nguoi o. Dao ma thu do Praia cua nuoc Cape verde nam tren dao Santiago.Rong 102km2 thanh lap nam 1858 voi dan so hien tai la 160,000 nguoi.

Toi muon taxi cho chung toi 3 nguoi di trong 8hrs voi gia la $150. Toi se di xa truoc, di vong nhung diem quan trong cua dao la 1)Cidade Velha, Slave trade place, Unesco site 2) Assomada, farming town 3) serra Malagueta va diem cuoi cung la 4) Tarrafal, noi co trai giam cua tu nhan Au Chau, Unessco site va lai dinh cua dao Santiago nay. Sau do toi se ve lai thu do Praia khoang 2pm de xem thanh pho nay truoc khi tro ve thuyen.

Tai xe dua chung toi den Cidade Velha cach Praia khoang 9km. Tren duong di toi di qua Unisersity of Cabo Verde. Den Cidade Velha khoang 10’ sau do. Noi day co nhieu trail de hikers muon di.

Banada street la duong co xua xay boi Portugese o Sub Saharan Africa in the historical centre of Citade Velha, Classified as World Heritage site by Unesco in 2009, gom co ca can nha co duoc xay bang limestone va straw roofs voi beautiful vegetation xay vao the ky 15. Noi day la daily life cua dan song o day vao the ky 15. O day co Fort hay la Cidadela duoc xay boi Filipe I de de phong tan cong tu Corsair francis Drake. Duoc xay khoang 1587 den 1593. 120m tren mat bien. O day co trail chay tu thu do Praia den day Cidade Velha. Trail nay chay doc theo bo bien.

Toi o day khoang 30’ chup vai tam hinh trong Fort roi ra xe di den Assomada. O day co cho rat lon ban day du moi thu nhu trai cay, do ky niem va ca, rau cai. Toi mua mang cau tron o day mang ve tau an. Sau do tai xe dua thang den Tarrafal. Toi ghe qua the Labor camp duoc goi la The labor campo of Chao Bom o Tarrafal. Mot Unesco site. Sau khi bi dong cua nam 1956 Tarrafal mo cu lai de de nhan cac tu nhan chong lai che do thuoc dia tu Angola, Guinea-Bissau va Cao Verde. Sau the chien thu 2 khi ma lan song tu do tu che do thuoc dia noi day va lan song nay tao nen cac phong trao chong lai che do thuoc dia cu Bo Dao Nha. Chinh vi ly do nay ma co nhom yeu nuoc tu Angola chong lai su do ho cua Bo Dao Nha bat dau o Angola ngay 2-4, 1961 khi Mationalis militants attacked the casa de Reclusao Militar in Luanda. Thong Thong xu nay la Salazar tu choi tim bien phap chong lai phong trao nay vi bay gio co lang song noi day chong lai che do thuoc dia. Salazar lap ra cac concentration camp o Guinea, Angola va Mozambique de giam cac tu nhan chanh tri chong lai che do thuoc dia ma khong can mang ra xet xu.

Boi sac linh cua chanh quyen Portugal ngay 6-17-1961 chanh quyen Portugal ra linh xay Labor Camp Of Chao Bom va nguoi tu nhan Angola den day dau tien ngay 2-25-1962.

Loi nguoi viet ve su doi xu cac tu nhan : “ Ho nay la ai? Co phai la ma quy? Ho keo tu nhan nhu cai may. “

Guinean Political Prisoners: Ngay 9-2-1962, 7 thang sau khi tu nhan Angolians den, 100 tu nhan Guineans tuoi tu 18 den 70 den, hau het dieu co hoc thuc thap. Ngay 7-29, 1964 2 nam tu ngay den day, 41 tu nhan trong so 100 tro ve Guinea. Sau do 5 tu nhan tro ve 10-1964. Con lai 52 con o trong trai The Labor Camp Of Chao Bom cho den nhung nam sau nay. Ly do tra ho ve vi ton kem. Moi tu nhan ton moi ngay la 5 Eacudos. Tong cong la 810,000 escudos moi nam. Day la ganh nang cho chanh phu Guinea nen chanh quyen cat giam y te va dich vu nhu thuc pham lam 2 tu nhan chet trong trai “ Slow death Camp”. Nguoi chet dau tien la Cotubo Cassama 54 tuoi chet ngay 11-12, 1962. Sau do la Biaba Na Bue 45 tuoi chet ngay 11-23-1962.

The Camp of slow Death: The concentration camp of tarrafal la muc dich cua Portugees, Angolans, Guineans va Cape Verdeans nhu la the “ camp of slow death. Chinh Salazar chong lai su tu do giong nhu chanh quyen doc tao o Y, hay duc Quoc Xa o Duc. Concentration camp la de bit mieng nhung nguoi chong doi. Quyet dinh xay trai cai tao nay bat dau tu 10-1935.

Trai cai tao nay duoc xay theo dao luat ngay 4-23-1936 va nguoi tu nhan dau tien den tu Portugal trong chuyen tau Luanda ngay 10-29-1936 va trai nay tiep tuc mo cua den 1956. Den 1962 trai nay tai mo cua duoi ten la Labor Camp of Chao Bom muc dich la giam giu cac tu nhan chanh tri chong lai cho do thuoc dia tu Angola, Guinea-Bissau va Cape Verde. Co 340 chong che do doc tai va 230 tu nhan chong che do thuoc dia bo giam trong trai cai tao nay.

The Estado Novo nho vao Secret police hay PIDE(International and state defence Police) duoc lam ra de bao ve che do va de chong lai nhom doi doc lap. PIDE tao nen doi song tu nhan kho khan bang su abuse, bat tu cai tao, thieu an…duoc dung boi Portugese police. Hon 30 nam tu ngay trai tu mo ra lam cho nhung nguoi chong doi che do Estado Novo co nhung vet thuong tinh than lan the xac.Ke qua cua cach mang Carnation xay ra ngay 4-25-1974 o Portugal ngay 5-1-1974 nha tu tha tat ca tu nhan va dong cua tu va noi day chi con la ky niem va noi len gia tri cua su tu do cung nhu dau hieu cua su chong lai che3 do cua Salazar.

Trai tu Mafy Trostenets: La trai tu nam o ngoai o thu do Minsk o nuoc Belarus. Co khoang 200,000 den 500,000 tu nhan bi giet o day.

Trai tu Warsaw: Day la trai tu lon nhat giam giu nguoi Do Thai xay boi Duc Quoc Xa o Poland trong the chien thu 2. Trong thoi gian 3 nam hoat dong co 200,000 jews bi giet o day.

Sau do chung toi di den Tarrafal va tro lai Praia den noi khoang 3pm. Toi di tham thu do nay . Di market roi dinh tong thong Cape Verde. Tinh co thay dam cuoi nguoi Cape Verde. Sau do chung toi tro ve thuyen de du thuyen di Mindelo luc 5pm

Concentrationary Europe: Trong su bung phat cua Nazi o Au chau cung voi su xam lang Ethiopia cua Mussolini nam 1935 , Spanish War 1936-1939 va su xam lang cua Nhat vao Tau cong nam 1937 tat ca sua soan cho the chien WW II. Ngoai ra con trai cai tao o Soviet de giam giu tu nhan toi hinh va tu chanh tri noi ma viec lam cuong buc lao dong duoi thoi tiet ac nghiet va thieu an.

The Spanish Civil War chong lai Duc Quoc Xa.. Tu khi Porugal duoi che do doc tai.nguoi Portugese theo nhung gi nhin thay o nuoc lang gieng ma outcome se anh huong den dat nuoc ho. Nhieu nguoi Portugal chien dau trong luc luong vu trang trong viec bao ve Madris. Salazar regime goi ca ngan quan duoc biet nhu Viriatos de ung ho Spain. Giua nam 1940 va 1942 hon 30 tu nhan bi giam cho la da chien dau trong Spanish noi chien. Co nhieu nguoi tu nhan la Spainian thi bi cam tu .Nazi Death Camp nam o ben ngoai thu do Mink in Belarus. Khoang 200,000 nguoi bi giet tai Nazi Death Camp..

O Warsaw la largest Jewsish ghetto duoc thanh lap o Poland boi Duc Quoc Xa trong the chien thu 2. Trong vong 3 years hoat dong co 200,000 bi giet tai do.

Trai tu Jasennovac: Death camp Jasennnovac nam o Croatia noi ma ten thousands of Serbs, Gypsies va Jews (700,000) bi giet boi Ustate movement linked to Duc Quoc Xa.

Trai tu Natzweller Strahof: la trai cai tao ma ngay nay thuoc ve Phap. Trai nay hoat dong tu 1941 va co khoang 250,000 nguoi chet tai do.

Trai tu Auschwitz: nam o phai Nam Poland. Day la trai tu lon nhat cua holocaust trong the chien II va uoc tinh la co 1.1 toi 1.5 trieu tu nhan bi giet tai do

Trai tu Mauthausen-Gusen: La trai tu xay boi Nazis in Austria khoang 20km tu thanh pho Linz. Co khoang 95,000 tu nhan tai trai nay bi giet.

Sang ngay 12-2-23 tau den luc 7Am nhung den 8am du khach moi xuong thuyen. Toi da lam chuong trinh di trong thanh pho thu do Praia nhung gap cap vo chong nguoi My o Colorado nen chung toi di chung. Ho se di het dao nay va ghe lain hung noi ma toi da ghe mot nam truoc khi den day va den va diem khac nua voi gia la 140 Euros hay moi nguoi la 25 Euros. Xe xhay co nguoi tai xe va tour guide di thee nen toi hoc hoi duoc nhieu dieu o dao nay. Ty le thay nghiep o dao nay rat cao khoang 70% vi khong co ky nghe ma da so dua vao du lich . Co tat ca 16 dao o day. Chi co 10% dat o day la trong trot duoc ma ho da so trong mi ava bap. Mang cau co trong o day > Dao nay khong co snake, khong co rivers ma nuoc da so nho gieng.Dan ong co the co den 4 vo.Tre em hoc buoi sang va buoi chieu. O truong dung Portugese de day va ngon nguthu hay la tieng Phap. O day khong co xe bus nen dan o mien rung nui khi can di dau thig oi mini bus lai don. King Fish bird la national Bird o day building.

Xe tour dua chung toi di tren duong doi nui rat dep van gung lai de chup hing canh nui. Co nhieu ngon nui co hinh ngon thang len. Tinh co toi gap con khi ma o day ho goi la loai khi nay la Vervet monkey. Sau do chung toi den khu lang Assomada va xe ngung lai de chup hinh. Tu tren dinh nui nin xuong khu lang du thung lung bao quanh boi doi nui. Sau chung toi den Serra Malagueta Natural Natural Park. Noi day co nhieu trail di xuong de hiking. Noi day co cayKapok song den 600 nam. Tu day chung toi di den cho lon nhat dao nay la Portugese style colonial . Noi day ban rat nhieu do ky niem, thit ca vat rai cay. Toi mua 5kgs mang cau dai ma toi biet la se rat ngon vi toi cung mua nhu vay lan den nam roi. Sau do tour guide dua chung toi vao noi uong ruou rum cua Cape Verde. Toi mua chai bie Cape Verde ve lam ky niem. Sau do tour guide dua chung toi den The Camp of slow death ma toi da den lan truoc. Noi day giam giu cac tu nhan tu cac nuoc khac nhu tu Angola, Guine. Tu day toi di den Tarrafal de tam bien trong khi cac vung khac cua the gioi bat dau lanh gia. Noi day cung co nhung tre nho nguoi Phi Chau dang an uong ve vui chiu. Toi xuong bien tam de biet vung nuoc o PhinChau nyunthe nao va day la land au tien toi tam bien Phi Chau. Sau do xe dua chung toi tro lai thuyen vi phi di gan 2 tieng moi den thuyen. Chung toi den thuyen khoang 5:30pm truoc gio len thuyen 1 hr.

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