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Wikipedia article
'Chiquinho' is a Capeverdean novel written by Baltasar Lopes da Silva in 1936 and published in 1947. The story is named after the nickname of the island of So Nicolau in which the characters originated. The probability of the literary work is the most common in Cape Verde, it marked the beginning of the typical literature in Cape Verde along with local themes in Creole culture. Along with 'Claridade', Baltazar Lopes participated with Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa with founded members of the review and the name was the movement in the main activists of the same.
The development of the novel began in the 1930, cultural material were developed up to 1936 and featured other Cape Verdean writers including (Nh ChiAna, Nh Joo Joana, Nh Loca, Sr. Euclides Varanda, Chico Zepa, Manuel de Brito Parafuso, Jos Lima, etc. The remainder were done from 1938 and was finished in 1941 in Lisbon, six years later, it was published in Portugal.Carvalho, Alberto, p. 245-252 It was later published in Cape Verde and it was popular mainly after independence.
The book was dedicated in memory of the greatest philologist Leite de Vasconcelos, the author's professorColquio, Letter 53, Trs romances das ilhas (Three Novels from the Islands), January 1980, p. 35
Parts
The novel is organized into three parts:
* 1. "Childhood" (Infncia), in which the protagonist Chiquinho lives with his family and community in the village of Caleijo on the island of So Nicolau and learns his first letters.
* 2. "So Vicente," in which 'Chiquinho' continues his education in high school on the island of So Vicente, where he meets new friends and his first love Nuninha. 'Chiquinho' and his classmates found the Grmio, an association and a journal that is very similar to 'Claridade', in the sense that it attempts to change the social environment of the archipelago.
* 3. "The Waters" (As guas), the third and final part of the novel, in which 'Chiquinho' returns to his island and becomes a teacher. This part is focused on the calamity of drought, a major problem in Cape Verde of his time, which results in famine (see Famine in Cape Verde) and many deaths. At the end of the novel, 'Chiquinho' emigrates on a steamboat to the United States with the hope of a better life.
Characters
* Chiquinho - narrator
* Man Quim (Chuva Braba) - has the dilemma of leaving or not leaving the lands of the island of Santo Anto.
Inspirations
*Scientist Orlando Ribeiro inspired a large number of the novel's pages for writing a chapter in his book 'A Ilha do Fogo e as suas erupes' ('Fogo Island and its Eruptions')
*Ren Plissier, historian of Iberian African of the 19th century wrote: "In this book, there are pages that are to be included in an anthology of suffering".
References
Further reading
*Carling, Jrgen. 2004. 'Emigration, return and development in Cape Verde: the impact of closing borders.' Population, Space and Place 10(2): p. 113-132.
*Carvalho, Alberto. 1989. 'De Baltasar Lopes, a Obra e o Homem.' ('Baltasar Lopes, Work and Men') Revista ICALP, vols. 16 e 17, JuneSeptember 1989, p. 245-252.
Category:Cape Verdean novels
Category:1947 novels
Category:Culture of So Nicolau, Cape Verde
Category:Literature of So Vicente
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