Nos lingua, nos kultura!

The Capeverdean Creole Institute will be most grateful for your presence at this event. Nos lingua, nos kultura!

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 1:00pm-6:00pm - Brockton, MA
Location - Massasoit Community CollegeStudent Center - Upper Lounge (next to the Library)One Massasoit Boulevard, Brockton, Massachusetts 02302

For directions visit: http://www.massasoit.mass.edu/

1:00pm - Book Fair Opens4:00-6:00pm - ALUPEC workshop6:00pm - Book Fair Closes

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 1:00pm-7:00pm - Fall River, MA
Location - Bristol Community CollegeCommonwealth College Center - Atrium and Faculty Staff Lounge (Parking Lot 12)777 Elsbree Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720

1:00pm - Book Fair Opens2:00-2:15pm - Welcome RemarksJohn Sbrega, President of Bristol Community CollegeJoanne Preston, Dean of Humanities and EducationJosé Costa, Director of LusoCentro2:

15-2:30pm - Remarks about Conference and the Book FairCarlos Almeida, Assistant Director of LusoCentroManuel Gonçalves, President of Cape Verdean Creole Institute (CCI)Joaquim Morais, Director of the Institute of National Library & of Book

2:30-4:30pm - Panel about the Construction of National IdentityNezi Brito- member of CCI (moderator)Manuel Brito-Semedo - (in the perspective of the book: A Construção da Identidade Nacional- Análise da imprensa entre 1877 e 1975)Fátima Bettencourt - (representation of national identity in the memory of immigrants based on the book Mar - caminho adubado de esperança)Adelaide Monteiro - (national language - linguistic policy as an instrument of preservation and promotion of one of the main elements of national identity)

4:30-5:00pm - Book Signing

5:00-7:00pm - Reception, with traditional Capeverdean musicpoetry readings by Daniel Spínola, Rosendo Brito, and Vasco Pires

7:00pm - Book Fair Closes

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 11:00am-5:00pm - Dorchester, MA
Location - Catholic Charities of Greater Boston/Teen Center at Saint Peter's Church284 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester, MA 02122
11:00am - Book Fair Opens1:00pm - Dance performance by CV St. Peter's Center and music by Djamila Cardoso and Mizael Ribeiro, Burke High School

1:15pm - Poetry reading by Cape Verdean American poet, Jarita Davis

1:30pm - Celebration of Cape Verdean Poet, Pedro CardosoManuel da Luz Goncalves, President of Capeverdean Creole Institute Maria De Jesus Mascarenhas, Consul General of Cape Verde, Boston Joaquim Morais, Director of National Library, Cape VerdeManuel Veiga, Minister of Culture, Cape VerdeCarla Martin, Graduate Student, Harvard UniversityManuel Brito-Semedo, Author and Professor, Cape Verde3:00pm - Talulu and Band performance

4:00pm - Nenas and Band performance

5:00pm - Book Fair Closes

Capeverdean Creole Institute Contact Information

E-mail: noslingua@gmail.com

Website: http://www.myspace.com/noslingua