São Vicente, Cape Verde Verde alongside Santiago. Several works, books and poems in the mid 20th century were related to the rise of nationalism and the independence struggle for the country, notably the review "Claridade". It is the birthplace of coladeira music. Also a variant of morna is popular. The island has its own football league named the São Vicente Island League. There are also competitions for basketball, volleyball, futsal and athletics. There is a golf course about south of Mindelo. The municipality of São Vicente is twinned with the following municipalities in Portugal: São Vicente, Cape Verde São Vicente (Portuguese for "Saint Vincent")
Literature of Cape Verde publish after independence. Mariano also wrote books that were about some earlier great Cape Verdean writers. Germano Almeida wrote "O dia das calças roladas" in 1982, "The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo" in 1989 which mixes humor with cruel realism, sometimes pathetic, in a modern writing favoring the free indirect style. It was later made into a movie in 1997. He later wrote on the History of Cape Verde titled "" in 2003. His recent works are main set in around Mindelo including "De Monte Cara vê-se o mundo" in 2014, not long after the bay