Joaquim Arena is currently the Culture and Communications Advisor to the President of Cape Verde. Excerpt of the translation has been published at The Common Jethro Soutar is a well-known translator whose work has been featured at Words Without Borders and Granta Arena was inspired by a 16th Century painting called "The King's Fountain" which clearly shows an Afro-Portuguese knight Blends memoir, personal history, and life on Cape Verde with an exploration of the Portuguese legacy of colonialism, slavery, and the representation of Cape Verdeans in art and literature