Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies at Johnson C. Smith University.

Cabo Verdeans in the United States is a powerful testament to the agency of Cabo Verdeans in telling their own stories to illuminate the complexity of the immigrant experience in the United States. Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves artfully centers timely and relevant perspectives on contemporary Cabo Verdeans, highlighting their experiences of physical and virtual community building, transnational identity development and adaptation, and mental health and wellbeing. Like a woven tapestry, this volume provides a nuanced treatment of the history, culture, and present conditions of Cabo Verdeans that will undoubtedly inspire a new generation of scholars in the field.

• Foreword: In AmericaCharles “Chachi” CarvalhoAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cabo Verdeans in the United States: Then and NowTerza A. Silva Lima-Neves Part I: Comunidad and SolidariedadChapter 1: Growing Up as Cape Verdeans in America: Loss of InnocenceJoseph Arthur Moniz Chapter 2: Being the Good Immigrant Won’t Save You From Racism: Cabo Verdeans and Challenges to Community SolidarityTerza A. Silva Lima-NevesPart II: Identities and BelongingChapter 3: Cabo Queer: LGBTQIA+ Cabo Verdeans and Radical Joy in the United StatesLauraberth LimaChapter 4: Developing Authenticity at the Intersection of Two CulturesTomas VarelaChapter 5: A Caboverdean American’s Journey HomeJoli MonizChapter 6: Success Didn’t Heal Me - Finding Myself and Community DidTamara Tavares Part III: Food and LanguageChapter 7: A Sociopolitical History of Cabo Verdean Bilingual Education in the United StatesAbel Djassi Amado, Ambrizeth Lima, Dawna Marie Thomas, Lourenço Garcia, and Marlyse BaptistaChapter 8: Djagaçida: The Lost Archives of the Cape Verdean CuisineTameka Alice AmadoPart IV: Women, Morabeza and Resistance Chapter 9: “The American Dream”- Morabeza: Reflections about Cape Verdean Women in the United States of America Dilma de AraujoChapter 10: Women of Cabo Verde: Explorations of Respectability and Resistance in the United StatesJulianne Borges GordonPart V: Caring For Ourselves and Nôs FamiliaChapter 11: Neurodiveregency + Misdiagnosis in the Cabo Verdean [American] CommunityDestaney Andrade Chapter 12: Cape Verdeans and Mental HealthMariza Monteiro Goncalves Lopes and Tirza Goncalves TavaresAbout the Editor and Contributors

Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies at Johnson C. Smith University.

Cabo Verdeans in the United States is a powerful testament to the agency of Cabo Verdeans in telling their own stories to illuminate the complexity of the immigrant experience in the United States. Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves artfully centers timely and relevant perspectives on contemporary Cabo Verdeans, highlighting their experiences of physical and virtual community building, transnational identity development and adaptation, and mental health and wellbeing. Like a woven tapestry, this volume provides a nuanced treatment of the history, culture, and present conditions of Cabo Verdeans that will undoubtedly inspire a new generation of scholars in the field.

• Foreword: In AmericaCharles “Chachi” CarvalhoAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cabo Verdeans in the United States: Then and NowTerza A. Silva Lima-Neves Part I: Comunidad and SolidariedadChapter 1: Growing Up as Cape Verdeans in America: Loss of InnocenceJoseph Arthur Moniz Chapter 2: Being the Good Immigrant Won’t Save You From Racism: Cabo Verdeans and Challenges to Community SolidarityTerza A. Silva Lima-NevesPart II: Identities and BelongingChapter 3: Cabo Queer: LGBTQIA+ Cabo Verdeans and Radical Joy in the United StatesLauraberth LimaChapter 4: Developing Authenticity at the Intersection of Two CulturesTomas VarelaChapter 5: A Caboverdean American’s Journey HomeJoli MonizChapter 6: Success Didn’t Heal Me - Finding Myself and Community DidTamara Tavares Part III: Food and LanguageChapter 7: A Sociopolitical History of Cabo Verdean Bilingual Education in the United StatesAbel Djassi Amado, Ambrizeth Lima, Dawna Marie Thomas, Lourenço Garcia, and Marlyse BaptistaChapter 8: Djagaçida: The Lost Archives of the Cape Verdean CuisineTameka Alice AmadoPart IV: Women, Morabeza and Resistance Chapter 9: “The American Dream”- Morabeza: Reflections about Cape Verdean Women in the United States of America Dilma de AraujoChapter 10: Women of Cabo Verde: Explorations of Respectability and Resistance in the United StatesJulianne Borges GordonPart V: Caring For Ourselves and Nôs FamiliaChapter 11: Neurodiveregency + Misdiagnosis in the Cabo Verdean [American] CommunityDestaney Andrade Chapter 12: Cape Verdeans and Mental HealthMariza Monteiro Goncalves Lopes and Tirza Goncalves TavaresAbout the Editor and Contributors