9 Books About Cape Verde: Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry
Amy Poulton
August 29, 2026
Inspired by a Football Men’s World Cup underdog story that gripped the globe over the summer, this month we’re reading Cabo Verde / Cape Verde. This list gathers fiction set in Cape Verde, much of it wrestling with drought, emigration and the pull between the islands and the diaspora; alongside non-fiction books about Cape Verde that trace its story from