In his latest article, João Mineiro (CRIA, Iscte | IN2PAST) analyses the role of musical creativity in processes of learning, the construction of a sense of belonging, and collective identity between Portugal and Cape Verde. Drawing on a multi-sited ethnography conducted between 2023 and 2025, the article traces the creation, performance and circulation of four works by Berlok, Acácia Maior, Scúru Fitchádu and Fidju Kitxora, exploring the intersections between migratory trajectories, informal learning, artistic experimentation and Afro-diasporic cultures. The article demonstrates how these musical practices articulate different times, geographies and sonic languages, reconstructing collective belonging and transforming music into a space for memory, knowledge production, and cultural and political affirmation. In particular, it analyses how these experiences evoke memories of African liberation struggles, challenge colonial continuities and contemporary forms of racialised violence, and create new possibilities for intergenerational and inter-diasporic collaboration. The article concludes that these practices are not limited to representing pre-existing identities: through musical circulation, recomposition and reinvention, they actively participate in the creation of new forms of belonging and collective imagination, making sound a space where memory and the future, roots and routes, Cape Verde and Portugal intersect. The article was published in issue 74 of the journal *Educação, Sociedade & Culturas* and is available as open access.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24840/esc.vi74.1978