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                       Cabo Verde











                                          Small but Mighty



                                                   By Samuel Phillips



                    got interested in Cabo Verde (also known as Cape Verde), a 10-island nation whose name

                    means green cape when I was searching for the names of African countries that we have
               I not featured in this magazine. As I was looking at the list of various countries, I saw the
                name Cabo Verde, and along with the name, a caption that reads something about the country
                being one of the countries with the highest living standards in West Africa.



                West Africa! I found myself exclaiming. I didn’t know Cape Verde was in Africa not to even
                speak of West Africa where I am from. I have always thought that Cape Verde was one of the
                Islands in the Caribbean.



                I was even more embarrassed than shocked that I had never looked into this country even
                though I have been writing African stories for a while now. My wife reminded me that we had
                spoken about Cabo Verde before – during the Paris 2024 Olympics – and that she had told me



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