Message-ID: <D7x4q7.Gr6@umassd.edu> Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 21:22:53 GMT From: mailto:rleary@UMASSD.EDU> Subject: Cape Verdean-American / Cape Verde Home Page - Announcement To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
May 1, 1995
CAPE VERDEAN-AMERICAN / REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE (UNOFFICIAL) HOME PAGE
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http://www.umassd.edu/SpecialPrograms/caboverde/capeverdean.html
Announcing the launching of the Cape Verdean-American / Cape Verde Home Page
on the World Wide Web.
From New Bedford, Massachusetts, the "Cape Verdean Capital of the USA",
comes the CAPE VERDEAN-AMERICAN / REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE (UNOFFICIAL) HOME
PAGE, created by Richard Leary of the Information Systems Technology Group at
the Naval Undersea Warfare Center/Newport, RI and under development in
collaboration with Raymond Almeida, Senior Program Advisor at the Smithsonian
Institution for this summer's "Cape Verdean Connection" Folklife Festival,
and with the Cape Verdean-American community of New Bedford, particularly:
Ronald Barboza, Director, Documentation and Computerization of the Cape
Verdeans (DCCV) Project; Raymond Barrows and Wayne Ramos, cochairs of the
New Bedford Smithsonian Committee; and John P. "Joli" Gonsalves, Director
of the Cape Verdean Cultural Center.
The CV-A/CV page contains information on all aspects of Cape Verde and Cape
Verdean-American history and culture. Information on Cape Verde includes
geography, environment, ecosystem, history, culture, music, foods, literature,
government, business and industry, traveller's information, references,
media, etc. Information in the Cape Verdean-American section is
centered on the Cape Verdean-American community of New Bedford and southeastern
New England, and contains information on and (potential) links to other
Cape Verdean-American communities and organizations.
As the page(s) develop, the following can be expected to be added:
- Information on the Cape Verde Internet Connectivity Project.
- Photo Gallerys - CV and CV-A.
- audio samples of Cape Verdean music.
- audio of Crioulo words and expressions.
- the Schooner Ernestina
- current news from Cape Verde
- phone/fax/email info on offices and organizations
Special thanks to NUWC for its support of and committment to the
application of technolgy and resources for the benefit of humankind. Also
to my NUWC colleague, Christopher DeAngelis, for major technical contributions
and guidance; to Greg Stone, Director of Publications and Media
Productions at the University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth, for his
continuing support, assistance and counsel; and to the Prof. Richard
Upchurch and all those at UMass/D who provide the first-rate computer
facilities that host this home page. And especially to the spirit,
determination and beauty of Cape Verde and her people, and to the
Cape Verdean-American community, which have been the inspiration for
this work.
Comments, corrections, and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.
Richard Leary
(401) 841-4581
mailto:rleary@umassd.edu