 He returned to Cape Verde 1950 where he participated in the creation of the magazine "Restoration" (with Jorge Pedro Barbosa and others), the "Cultural Supplement" (with Carlos Alberto Monteiro and others) and "Boletim Cabo Verde" ("Cabo Verde Bulletin").His cultural activity brought him to the attention of the local governor and he was deported to Mozambique.He published poems, novels and essays, in Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole.