CULTURE

Friendly people, rich history and culture. The people are a mixture of African and European with approximately 70% of the population being of mixed race. The official language of the islands is Portuguese which is used in newspapers and anything that is written. Yet Portuguese is rarely spoken. Instead they use Creole, their national language, based on African languages but with additions from several European languages. Even this can differ from island to island. More recently English has been taught as a foreign language in schools. The religion of the islands is largely Christian, with most people being Catholic.