João Lopes Filho

João Lopes Filho
Bornc. 1943
Fajã de Cima, São Nicolau, Cape Verde
Occupationanthropologist, historian, university professor, novelist and investigator
Notable awards1st Rank of the Ordem do Vulcão (2004)
Sonangol Literary Award (2011)
Website
Official website

João Lopes Filho (born c. 1943) is a Cape Verdean anthropologist, historian, university professor, novelist and an investigator.

A specialist in the largest studies and works of appreciation of the Cape Verdean Creole, a Central-Western Atlantic African Creole, he was born in Santa Catarina in Santiago.

He is the main investigator in anthropology and ethnology in the country, he was one of the most awarded professors in the country, he had written about thirty works.

He is a teacher at the University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV), he heads the João Lopes Foundation on Arts and Literature and the Capeverdean Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

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