1. Origins and development of the concept in Africa
The word Creole is of Portuguese origin (crioulo) and derives from the verb criar (“to feed”, “to raise, bring up”). The term was coined around the mid-15th century in the context of the incipient Portuguese slave trade (Slave market) with the coastal regions of West Africa (especially in the territories of what is now Congo and Angola; Atlantic world, with map). Children born in capti…