Finka Pe is a web-documentary pilot created by Storia na Lugar, an experimental multidisciplinary analysis and documentation platform addressing socio-spatial processes/dynamics.
In 2015, the former bath house building and community space of Lém-Ferreira, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Paia, the capital city of Cabo Verde, was occupied and named Finka Pe (meaning putting down one’s feet in defiance). This occupation, following two previous ones, was carried out in a joint effort between Korrenti di Ativistas (a group of activists) and a group of former gang members from one of the most feared gangs of the city, who transformed it into a community organization.
This web-doc aims to understand the social dynamics, various processes in the production of space and the strategies of urban and community problem solving in Lem-Ferreira through the actions of Finka Pe.