1997 in Cape Verde

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Cape Verde ratified the UN treaty, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
April 14-16: Jacques Godfrain, delegate minister of Cooperation visited the capital city of Praia
September: PAICV's congress, Pires remained leader of the party
September 16: A Total lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it occurred manly in the last third of the evening hours and before 21:00 (9PM)^[1]
October 5: Museu Etnográfico da Praia (Praia Ethnographic Museum) first opened
INIDA (Instituto Nacionai de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário) replaced INIT, based in São Jorge dos Órgãos, Santiago
Second expansion as part of the Porto Grande Modernization Project, the length would be 1,750 m

Teófilo Chantre's album Di alma released
Fantcha's album Criolinha released^[2]^[3]
Manuel Lopes' poetic anthology Falucho Ancorado published
Vasco Martins' albums Sublime Delight and Memórias atlânticas released
Simentera's album Barro E Voz released
March 18: Cesária Évora's album Cabo Verde released
March/April: the 6th Praia da Gamboa music festival took place
May: TCV was founded by the Minister of Social Communications José António dos Reis^[4]
August 1: TCV started its first broadcast and became the country's first channel
August: the 13th Baía das Gatas Music Festival took place

Santo Antão Island League competitions split into two, the North and the South Zones, the island competition would only contain a single final match for a year.
Porto Novo Cup established in Santo Antão
Sporting Clube da Praia won their third title since independence for the Cape Verdean Football Championships season^[5]

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↑ "Lunar eclipse of September 1997". NASA. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
↑ "Fantcha CAP VERT world music - Lusafrica". www.lusafrica.com. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
↑ "Fantcha: Criolinha" (in Spanish). Globedia. 23 January 2011.
↑ "Short history of Televisão de Cabo Verde" (in Portuguese). TCV ( Televisão de Cabo Verde). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
↑ Cape Verde Islands 1996/97

Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
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1997 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zaire Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Anjouan Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

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