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Barbosa Jorge
(1902—1971)

African poet, who expressed in Portuguese the cultural isolation and the tragic nature of life on the drought-stricken Cape Verdean islands. In delicately phrased verse that became a model for later poets, he often praised the stoic endurance of a people caught in an inhospitable, forgotten land. Born in Cidade da Praia, Barbosa worked as a... More...

Cabo Verde, 2003, Jorge Barbosa