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Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the village of Chão Bom, in the Municipality of Tarrafal, on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It was established in 1936, during a reorganization process of the Portuguese Estado Novo prison system, with the goal of incarcerating political and social prisoners.
28 paź 2024 · In its second phase, between 1961 and 1974, the space was used to imprison independence movement activists and militants from then-colonies of Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. In 1949 Pina’s grandfather, Guilherme da Costa Carvalho, was sent to Tarrafal as a political prisoner.
Built by Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar in 1933, the prison camp of Tarrafal on Santiago Island housed political prisoners and Africans rebelling against colonial rule in Cape Verde, Angola, and Guinea-Bissau, who were held here until Cape Verde won its independence in 1975.
1 kwi 2024 · It was now a forced labor camp for leaders and militants who fought Portuguese colonialism. The prisoners came from Cape Verde, Angola and Guinea-Bissau. After the end of the authoritarian regime of Portugal, the Tarrafal camp was closed on April 25, 1974.
It spreads out at the bottom of a plain almost level with the sea that we haven't found for a long time, in Santiago, the largest island in Cape Verde. It appears at the end of a long straight, adjusted to a cove that a promontory protects from the lull of the Atlantic.
20 lip 2020 · A notorious concentration camp in the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, it was established after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Enemies of the state (i.e anyone that spoke out against Portugal’s right-wing authoritarian regime) wound up at Tarrafal.
Discover the rich history, culture, and cuisine of Tarrafal, Cape Verde. Explore the tourist attractions, the best restaurants, and the typical food of the region. Also get information about nearby places like Praia, Mindelo, Santa Maria, and Sal.
