A history of returns: on Ó mar de túrbidas vagas, by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa

Abstract

Henrique Teixeira de Sousa develops, in his work Ó mar de túrbidas vagas, the story of homecomings whose background is Cape Verdean emigration to the United States of America. The author subtly reflects on aspects of Cape Verdean identity in a successful interlacement of his writing and the verses of the poet Eugénio Tavares, whom he recurrently cites, and whose words shape this story of homecomings. Taking as a starting point the novel Ó mar de túrbidas vagas, this study reflects on the work of Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, his vision of Cape Verdean identity and, in particular, of the emigration and the consequent sociocultural effects brought about by it.