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- 1 2 3 Arena 2002
- ↑ Cape Verdean Diaspora Population Estimates, Caboverde Informatics Project, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, archived from the original on 2009-08-29, retrieved 2009-08-26
- ↑ Carling & Batalha 2008 , p. 21
- ↑ Carling & Batalha 2008 , p. 23
- ↑ Gilbert, Andrew (2009-05-26), "Maria De Barros opens a window to Cape Verde", Seattle Times, retrieved 2010-04-19
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- Carling, Jørgen; Batalha, Luís (2008), "Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora", in Batalha, Luís; Carling, Jørgen (eds.), Transnational Archipelago: Perspectives on Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora, Amsterdam University Press, pp. 13–34, ISBN 978-90-5356-994-8
- Arena, Joaquim (2002-11-01), "The French-speaking Creoles of Cape Verde", Migrations et diversités au Cap-Vert, en Guinée-Bissau et Sao Tomé et Principe, PANOS Institute West Africa, archived from the original on 2011-05-10, retrieved 2009-08-27
