The following lists events that happened during 1947 in Cape Verde.
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edit- Famine in Cape Verde - The second of three severe droughts in Cape Verde, following 1940-1942 and preceding 1956–1958, which led to famine through the islands. Starving refugees from across the islands were interned at a camp outside Praia, where they died by the hundreds.[1]: 55–58
References
edit- ↑ Keese, Alexander (April 2012). "Managing the Prospect of Famine: Cape Verdean Officials, Subsistence Emergencies, and the Change of Elite Attitudes During Portugal's Late Colonial Phase, 1939–1961". Itinerario. 36 (1): 49–70. doi:10.1017/S0165115312000368. Retrieved 12 December 2025.