Introduction: Noz Vez, Noz Voz (Our Time, Our Voices)

Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim and Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves

Part I: Artistas...Artists

Chapter 1: I Write, Therefore I Am, from a Gendered Perspective

Vera Duarte

Chapter 2: Kriolas di Muzika: Not Just for Men Anymore

Candida Rose

Part II: Exploring Community

Chapter 3: On Field Work And Family

Gina Sánchez Gibau

Chapter 4: The Cabo Verdean Women's Project: Reporting on Gender-Based Violence

Dawna Thomas

Part III: Policies and Politics

Chapter 5: The Effects of The Closed List On Representation By Gender, Political Participation And Civil Society In Cape Verde's Democratic Regime

Roselma Évora

Chapter 6: Public Policies And Gender Equality In Cabo Verde: From The Study On The Use Of Time To The National Care System

Clementina Furtado

Chapter 7: Democracy and Social Inclusion: State-Society Relations in Cabo Verde

Aleida Mendes Borges

Part IV: Poesias...Poetry

Chapter 8: Let

Shauna Barbosa

Chapter 9: A Kriola's Work Through Poetry

Iva Brito

Chapter 10: Poderoza

Rosilda Alves DePina James, Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim, and Stephanie Miranda Andrade

Part V: Identidadi...Identity

Chapter 11: Where Blackness and Cape Verdeanness Intersect: Reflections on a Monoracial and Multiethnic Reality in the United States

Callie Watkins Liu

Chapter 12: The Experience of One in The Many: LGBTQI+ History of Cape Verde

Idalina Pina

Part VI: Transforming Culture into Practice

Chapter 13: Family History and Genealogy: The Benefits for the Listener, the Storyteller and the Community

Anna Lima

Chapter 14: Occupational Ancestry

Ayana Pilgrim-Brown

Chapter 15: Cooking as a Ritual

Elizabette Andrade

Part VII: Poderoza Reflections

Chapter 16: Poderozas: Lifting as We Climb

Jess Évora

Chapter 17: Poderoza Magic: Thoughts from the Audience

Stephanie Miranda Andrade

Chapter 18: Sabura: Reflections and Intentions

Ivette Centeio Monteiro

Chapter 19: She Too, Dreams

Edna DaCosta

Part VIII: Consedju...Advice/Wisdom

Chapter 20: Zau Eh D'Pove: An Oral History Of Isaura Tavares Gomes

Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves

Chapter 21: A Letter to Inez Santos Fernandes

Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim