Being Cape Verdean is a state of mind.
Anywhere there is a port, or where the sea touches land,
anywhere the winds blow to the four corners of the earth,
there is a Cape Verdean.
Anywhere the sun touches our face is who we are.
We are a people of the horizon: past, present, future, infinity.
We are people of the Atlantic carried across the oceans of memory and time,
suspended between the portals of the past, present, and future.
Home is where your heart is, not a specific zip code or a geographical location.
We are universal
Claire Andrade-Watkins