To macjake: history

[holmertz]

Thanks Craig,
Let me assure you I am not as unaware of colonial history as you may think. But the fact seems to have been that the Cape Verde islands were actually uninhabited when Portuguese seafarers and "explorers" found them in the 15th century. Then of course they brought slaves from mainland Africa to work on the plantations the Portuguese started...
Of course history is full of white supremacists killing "coloured" people by the hundreds of thousands for profit, destroying age old cultures, but in Cape Verde oppression didn't start right away. That statue was most likely erected while the islands were still a Portuguese colony. What may be surprising is that it hasn't been pulled down afterwards. But I guess they admit that this Diogo Afonso wasn't personally responsible for anything. And they've had better things to do, like building one of the best functioning states in all of Africa, with very few means.
Have a nice rest of the week,
Gert