Carmen Souza combines English sea shanties with Cape Verdean rhythms

Patrícia PascalWhen she was a young child and taking too long to get ready for school, family get-togethers or to sing in the church choir, Cape Verdean musician Carmen Souza was often told to "ariope".What she did not realise until years later was that the Creole word came directly from the English word "hurry up"."We have so many words that derive from the British English," Souza, a jazz singer-songwriter and…