Traces of anti-blackness in Cape Verde

Abstract

This paper takes the case of Cape Verde to illustrate the hypothesis that not even in post-colonial African nations the colonialist racism of everyday life has been dismantled, and that, above all, anti-blackness has not been dismissed as the predominant affection in the configuration of the post-colonial socius. The text comprises three analytical steps, taking as objects of reflection: (ii) comments posted by readers of an important online newspaper in the country regarding one of the most racialized features of the Cape Verdean carnival; (ii) reflections of interviewed immigrants about the relationship between Cape Verdeans and African immigrants; (iii) the life story of an immigrant to uncover in it traces of anti-blackness plotting the relations of immigrants themselves with each other.