1947 in Cape Verde

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Famine continued to struck the archipelago for the second year (see Famine in Cape Verde), in the island of Santiago, the hardest was Ribeira da Barca which made people to move to São Tomé and Príncipe, Dakar and some European countries
Sal Island: The Portuguese purchased the airport installations from the Italians, the Portuguese constructed the rest of Sal Airport, today known as Amílcar Cabral International Airport
May 20: a total solar eclipse took place after 1 PM (13:00) local time, it showed from 50% (at Santo Antão) to about 58% (at Santiago) obscuration of the sun in the archipelago^[1]

Codé di Dona' singe "Fome de 47" first sang, it was related to the famine that happened that year
February: 4th issue of Claridade review published

Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
Colonial era	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Since 1975	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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