About Tomé Varela da Silva
Born 1950. Tomé Varela da Silva is an anthropologist, writer and poet.
Tomé Varela da Silva (born 1948 in São Jorge dos Órgãos, Santiago, Cape Verde) is a Cape Verdean writer, poet, philosopher and anthropologist which he studies in an orally tradition and the musical heritage of Cape Verde in which he favored for the usage of Cape Verdean Creole in literature. Himself, he is the author of several poems and stories. His most important works were published in the 1980s and the 1990s
He was interviewed along with Corsino Fortes on December 3, 2008 in Nós Fora dos Eixos. He was interviewed again this time with a newspaper Expresso das Ilhas on the alphabet in Cape Verdean Creole
Works Na Bóka Noti (2008) - 3 volumes with history
Poems "Ter uma, Ter várias"
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Who is Tomé Varela da Silva?
Cape Verdean anthropologist
When was Tomé Varela da Silva born?
Tomé Varela da Silva was born in 1950 in São Jorge dos Órgãos.
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Tomé Varela da Silva is an anthropologist, writer and poet.
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Tomé Varela da Silva's recorded nationality: Cape Verde.
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