[3] Cabral, whose grandparents came from Cape Verde,[4] was born in North Providence, Rhode Island, on 24 April 1948.
In the early 1970s, he worked in a day care center, where he realised the power of storytelling to entertain children and to teach them how to listen and communicate.
[1] In 1976,[2] he began traveling to tell stories to school children,[4] adults and senior citizens,[5] firstly within New England,[2] and then across the US.
[5] He tells traditional folk tales from Cape Verde,[1] Native America,[1] the Caribbean,[2] and other places around the world,[6] as well yarns from his own life.
[6] He is well known for his enthusiastic hand gestures and character voices.