Movimento claridade e seu ideal de caboverdianidade

Abstract

In recent years there has been a greater breadth of studies on the African continent, especially linked to the problems that have emerged during the course of independence. With regard to research on the more linguistic aspects, African literature, especially that of Portuguese speaking countries, has begun to have a greater scope. When studying literature in Africa it is necessary to observe it as a strong influence in the independence process of these countries, since literature has served as an instrument of struggle and national affirmation. Based on this contextualization, we seek to understand the importance of the literary movement of Claridade. These intellectuals founded the Claridade Movements in 1930 and the Claridade Magazine in 1936, the works gained great importance in the literary sphere in Cape Verde. This movement played a fundamental role in the process of building the ideal of Cape Verdean identity, which was of paramount importance for the construction of national identity after independence in 1975.The present work aims to understand the impacts of the productions of Claridade intellectuals in the process of creating Cape Verdean identity. Thus, it seeks to understand how the Claridade influenced the idea of similitude between Cape Verde and Brazil, as well as to understand how a Cape Verdean ideal was forged in the context of independence. In this sense, this work is one more instrument to broaden the knowledge about this country.