Carla Martin collection on Cape Verdean language and culture  (MSS.13-22)

This collection consists of over 300 books, along with articles and research files, sheet music, textiles, artworks, and souvenirs collected by Dr. Carla Martin, Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in Harvard University’s Department of African and African American Studies. Items are related to the topic of Cape Verdean culture, language, music, politics, history, and literature, with a wide range of disciplines from social sciences and humanities represented. Books are in several languages, principle among them Portuguese and Cabo Verdean Creole. Materials were gathered during trips to the Cape Verde islands while Dr. Martin was working on her dissertation, which she completed in 2012. Research materials include photocopies of rare materials held by the National Library of Cape Verde which are not held in many libraries worldwide. Martin’s collection won the Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art from the Harvard University Library System.