Corsino Fortes

Corsino Fortes was born in 1933 on Cape Verde's São Vicente Island. Poet, activist, educator, lawyer and diplomat, Fortes was Cape Verde's ambassador to both Portugal and Angola, and served as a judge in Angola. Writing in both Cape Verdean Creole and Portuguese, Fortes is as interested in poetic form and sonic possibility as he is in the cultural identity, history, and movements of the Cape Verdean archipelago.

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