The city in small arguments.
Not an infinite feed. We publish when there is something useful to add.
JẹunJẸUN / JẸUN / PraiaONE ROOM. A CONTINENT OF TABLES.
JẸUN begins with Nigeria, a very deliberate bias and a table that refuses to stay in one country.
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AQVA / AQVA / Quebra CanelaWHEN PRAIA LOWERS THE LIGHTS
AQVA is not where the night begins. It is where the night should stop feeling like work.
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CINEPRAIA / CINEPRAIA / Quebra CanelaTHE CITY NEEDS A BIG SCREEN
A film should begin before the lights go down—and stay with the city after they come back up.
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KARGA / KARGA / PraiaTHE STORE THAT TRAVELS
KARGA began with a silver ring and one inconvenient question: why is it easier to import Africa than to buy from it?
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SYD’S / SYD’S Prainha / PraiaTHE TABLE CHANGES TEMPO
At SYD’S, dinner does not end when the music begins. It changes shape.
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ORDER ONE THING YOU DON’T KNOW
The JẸUN guide to escaping your own good taste.
RITE Editorial ↗︎AQVA / AQVA / Quebra CanelaDON’T PUT THE GROUP CHAT IN CHARGE
A short guide to getting out before everybody loses interest.
RITE Editorial ↗︎CINEPRAIA / CINEPRAIA / Quebra CanelaMAKE THE CREDITS THE MIDDLE
How to turn a screening into an evening.
RITE Editorial ↗︎KARGA / KARGA / PraiaTHE OBJECT TEST
Five questions before KARGA lets something into your life.
RITE Editorial ↗︎SYD’S / SYD’S Prainha / PraiaLEAVE THE NEXT HOUR EMPTY
The only useful plan for a night at SYD’S.
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THE BIAS IS NIGERIAN
Nigeria gets the first table. One country, at full volume.
RITE Editorial ↗︎AQVA / AQVA / Quebra CanelaTHE DOOR IS THE FIRST TRACK
The night starts before the DJ plays a note.
RITE Editorial ↗︎CINEPRAIA / CINEPRAIA / Quebra CanelaONE SCREEN. NO ESCAPE.
For the running time, attention stops behaving like a marketplace.
RITE Editorial ↗︎KARGA / KARGA / PraiaTHE SILVER RING
KARGA’s standard, held in one small object.
RITE Editorial ↗︎SYD’S / SYD’S Prainha / PraiaNO STRESS, IN SOFT WHISPERS
SYD’S makes quiet look difficult.
RITE Editorial ↗︎RITE GUIDE / Cidade Velha / Santiago
THE PIRATES LEFT. THE STORIES DIDN’T.
Cidade Velha kept the better ending.
RITE Editorial ↗︎RITE GUIDE / SantiagoSANTIAGO CHANGES ITS MIND AROUND EVERY BEND
You arrived expecting to see one island. Santiago sends you home with several.
RITE Editorial ↗︎RITE GUIDE / Chã das Caldeiras / FogoTHE VOLCANO HAS AN ADDRESS
Fogo chose none of the easy places to grow grapes.
RITE Editorial ↗︎RITE GUIDE / BravaBRAVA DOES NOT REVEAL HERSELF ALL AT ONCE
One beautiful uncertainty at a time.
RITE Editorial ↗︎RITE GUIDE / Santiago, Fogo and BravaASK MANUEL WHY WE STOPPED
The best guide knows which question will improve the day.
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01 / Fazenda / Sucupira
BEFORE PRAIA WAKES
Cachupa, coffee and the hour the city still speaks softly.
1 min field note ↗︎02 / PlateauTHREE THRESHOLDS IN PLATEAU
The neighbourhood reveals itself at the edge of a doorway.
1 min read ↗︎03 / Across PraiaCHILDREN NEED FACTS, TOO
Five questions to ask before calling something family-friendly.
1 min read ↗︎07 / Cidade Velha / Ribeira Grande de SantiagoTHE FIRST CITY WAS A PORT
Read Cidade Velha as a living Atlantic record, not a picturesque ruin.
1 min read ↗︎08 / Tarrafal / North SantiagoTHE BEACH AND THE CAMP
Tarrafal holds pleasure and political memory in the same landscape.
1 min read ↗︎09 / Praia / SantiagoTHE CITY LEARNS MUSIC AT HOME
Before the festival stage, there is a courtyard, a family and a rhythm passed hand to hand.
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