1997 in Cape Verde
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The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Cape Verde.
Incumbents
Events
- Cape Verde ratified the UN treaty, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- April 14-16: Jacques Godfrain, delegate minister of Cooperation visited the capital city of Praia
- September: PAICV's congress, Pires remained leader of the party
- September 16: A Total lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it occurred mainly in the last third of the evening hours and before 21:00 (9PM)[1]
- October 5: Museu Etnográfico da Praia (Praia Ethnographic Museum) first opened
- INIDA (Instituto Nacionai de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário) replaced INIT, based in São Jorge dos Órgãos, Santiago
- Second expansion as part of the Porto Grande Modernization Project, the length would be 1,750 m
Arts and entertainment
- Teófilo Chantre's album Di alma released
- Fantcha's album Criolinha released[2][3]
- Manuel Lopes' poetic anthology Falucho Ancorado published
- Vasco Martins' albums Sublime Delight and Memórias atlânticas released
- Simentera's album Barro E Voz released
- March 18: Cesária Évora's album Cabo Verde released
- March/April: the 6th Praia da Gamboa music festival took place
- May: TCV was founded by the Minister of Social Communications José António dos Reis[4]
- August 1: TCV started its first broadcast and became the country's first channel
- August: the 13th Baía das Gatas Music Festival took place
Sports
- Santo Antão Island League competitions split into two, the North and the South Zones, the island competition would only contain a single final match for a year.
- Porto Novo Cup established in Santo Antão
- July 1: Celtic da Praia celebrated its 25th anniversary of the club's foundation
- Sporting Clube da Praia won their third title since independence for the Cape Verdean Football Championships season[5]
Births
- 23 February: Márcio Rosa, footballer
- 15 July: Erin Pinheiro, footballer
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1997 in Cape Verde.
- ^ "Lunar eclipse of September 1997". NASA. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Fantcha CAP VERT world music - Lusafrica". www.lusafrica.com. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ "Fantcha: Criolinha" (in Spanish). Globedia. 23 January 2011.
- ^ "Short history of Televisão de Cabo Verde" (in Portuguese). TCV ( Televisão de Cabo Verde). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ Cape Verde Islands 1996/97
