Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview Research and Major Papers 4-13-2013 A Study of Cape Verdeanness In Postcolonial Cape Verdean Poetry David Joseph Alpert Rhode Island College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/etd Part of the Linguistic Anthropology Commons, Other English Language and Literature Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, and the Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons Recommended Citation Alpert, David Joseph, "A Study of Cape Verdeanness In Postcolonial Cape Verdean Poetry" (2013). Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview. 64. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/etd/64 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 2 3 Beyond Sodadi and Morabeza: A Study of Cape Verdeanness In Postcolonial Cape Verdean Poetry By David Joseph Alpert A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Individualized Master of Arts In The Department of English And The Program in Africana Studies School of Graduate Studies Rhode Island College 2012 4 Dedication I dedicate this Master’s Thesis to its primary inspiration: Claúdia Elisa Veiga, who was born in Praia, Cape Verde, and who has lived in Massachusetts since 1981. Through the six years of our relationship, Claúdia Elisa Veiga has steadfastly embodied postcolonial Cape Verdeanness, and, in so doing, has compelled me to better understand what I have come to highly regard in her.