Portuguese-based creole languages used to distinguish locally born black people of African descent from those who had been brought from Africa as slaves. In time, however, this generic sense was lost, and the word "crioulo" or its derivatives (like "Creole" and its equivalents in other languages) became the name of several specific Upper Guinean communities and their languages: the Guinean people and their Kriol language, Cape Verdean people and their Kriolu language, all of which still today have very vigorous use, suppressing the importance of official standard Portuguese. The oldest Portuguese-based creole are the so-called "crioulos" of Upper Guinea, born around the Portuguese
Born and Raised World Tour Born and Raised World Tour The Born and Raised World Tour was a concert tour by American singer John Mayer in support of his fifth and sixth studio albums, "Born and Raised" and "Paradise Valley". On March 22, 2013, the tour was first announced and tickets went on sale March 29 and 30, 2013. The tour began on July 6, 2013 in Milwaukee and ended in June 2014. This was Mayer's first tour in three years and after undergoing his vocal surgery. Piet Levy of the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" said, "Mayer sounded sublime Saturday, as though his soulful voice had