Mozambique S Samora Machel

Author : Allen F. Isaacman,Barbara S. Isaacman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780821447208

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Mozambique’s Samora Machel by Allen F. Isaacman,Barbara S. Isaacman Pdf

The precipitous rise and controversial fall of a formidable African leader. Samora Machel (1933–1986), the son of small-town farmers, led his people through a war against their Portuguese colonists and became the first president of the People’s Republic of Mozambique. Machel’s military successes against a colonial regime backed by South Africa, Rhodesia, the United States, and its NATO allies enhanced his reputation as a revolutionary hero to the oppressed people of Southern Africa. In 1986, during the country’s civil war, Machel died in a plane crash under circumstances that remain uncertain. Allen and Barbara Isaacman lived through many of these changes in Mozambique and bring personal recollections together with archival research and interviews with others who knew Machel or participated in events of the revolutionary or post-revolutionary years.

Author : Sarah LeFanu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mozambique
ISBN : 0231703368

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S is for Samora by Sarah LeFanu Pdf

In 1974, Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory over the Portuguese colonial government. The following year, he became the first president of an independent Mozambique. Eleven years later, he was killed in a mysterious plane crash, and many have blamed his death on machinations by the South African government. Drawing on stories, speeches, documents, and the memories of those who knew Machel well, this biography captures the many facets of a man Nelson Mandela has called "a true African revolutionary." Machel was trained as a nurse, yet later became a consummate military strategist. He was a farmer's son, yet possessed the diplomatic skills necessary to negotiate a relationship with China and the Soviet Union while winning over Western leaders like Margaret Thatcher. Machel was a man of the people who at the same time found himself utterly alone. A dedicated seeker of peace, he nevertheless never saw anything but war. This volume takes stock of the discourse of equality, liberty, and comradeship that motivated the liberation struggles of Machel's people and other southern African communities in the 1960s and 1970s, all in the face of a dominant Cold War rhetoric. It meditates on the different languages through which the Mozambican dream was articulated, including the linguistic currencies of anti-colonialism, anti-racism, and Marxism-Leninism, while exploring the gaps between then and now, between Mozambicans and Western idealists who wanted to be part of Machel's new society, and between Mozambicans themselves.

Author : Samora Machel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mozambique
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081198538

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The Tasks Ahead by Samora Machel Pdf

Author : Samora Machel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015010356221

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Samora Machel, an African Revolutionary by Samora Machel Pdf

Author : Samora Machel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000846495

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Mozambique by Samora Machel Pdf

Author : Kok Nam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Mozambique
ISBN : 0639957900

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Samora Machel by Kok Nam Pdf

Author : António Sopa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Mozambique
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025960415

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Samora by António Sopa Pdf

Author : Malyn Newitt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190911485

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A Short History of Mozambique by Malyn Newitt Pdf

This comprehensive overview traces the evolution of modern Mozambique, from its early modern origins in the Indian Ocean trading system and the Portuguese maritime empire to the fifteen-year civil war that followed independence and its continued after-effects. Though peace was achieved in 1992 through international mediation, Mozambique's remarkable recovery has shown signs of stalling. Malyn Newitt explores the historical roots of Mozambican disunity and hampered development, beginning with the divisive effects of the slave trade, the drawing of colonial frontiers in the 1890s and the lasting particularities of the north, centre and south, inherited from the compartmentalized approach of concession companies. Following the nationalist guerrillas' victory against the Portuguese in 1975, these regional divisions resurfaced in a civil war pitting the south against the north and centre, over attempts at far-reaching socioeconomic change. The settlement of the early 1990s is now under threat from a revived insurgency, and the ghosts of the past remain. This book seeks to distill this complex history, and to understand why, twenty-five years after the Peace Accord, Mozambicans still remain among the poorest people in the world.

Author : Allen F. Isaacman,Barbara S. Isaacman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821444504

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Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development by Allen F. Isaacman,Barbara S. Isaacman Pdf

Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world’s fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam—from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in this area of unpredictable rainfall. “The project, however, actually resulted in cascading layers of human displacement, violence, and environmental destruction. Its electricity benefited few Mozambicans, even after the former guerrillas of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) came to power; instead, it fed industrialization in apartheid South Africa.” (Richard Roberts) This in-depth study of the region examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam’s shadow.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004381100

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Mozambique on the Move by Anonim Pdf

This volume is a multi-disciplinary contribution to contemporary and historical dynamics that shape the vibrant cultural, political, economic and social world of Mozambique. Comprising a global range of scholars, the book serves as a generous introduction to Mozambique.

Author : Tanya Mulroy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781422294239

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Mozambique by Tanya Mulroy Pdf

In 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama became the first European to set foot on the shores of Mozambique. By the next century, this region along the southeastern edge of Africa had become a colony of Portugal. For almost 500 years the region remained under Portuguese rule, until years of armed conflict and struggle brought independence in 1975. The warfare did not end, however, as the brutal civil war that followed lasted until the early 1990s. Although peace has come to Mozambique, its people continue to face many challenges, including severe droughts and devastating cyclones. However, the fledgling democracy has made economic progress. Today, the government is working to alleviate poverty and increase the standard of living for the people of Mozambique.

Author : Samora Machel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Mozambique
ISBN : UVA:X002282260

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Our Sophisticated Weapon by Samora Machel Pdf

Author : Sayaka Funada-Classen
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781920489984

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The Origins of War in Mozambique by Sayaka Funada-Classen Pdf

The independence of Mozambique in 1975 and its decolonisation process attracted worldwide attention as a successful example of ìnational unityî. Yet, the armed conflict that broke out between the government and the guerrilla force in 1977 lasted for sixteen years and resulted in over a million deaths and several million refugees, placing this concept of ìnational unityî into doubt. For nearly twenty years, Sayaka Funada-Classen interviewed people in rural communities in Mozambique. By examining their testimonies, historical documents, previous studies, international and regional politics, and the changes that various interventions under colonialism brought to the traditional social structure, this book demonstrates that the seeds of ìdivisionî had already been planted while the liberation movement was seeking ìunityî in the struggle years. Presenting a comprehensive history of contemporary Mozambique, this book is indispensable for Mozambican scholars. It promises to serve as a landmark study not only for historians and the scholars of African studies but also for those who give serious consideration to the problems of conflict and peace in the world.

Author : Samora Moises Machel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Frelimo
ISBN : OCLC:896786110

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Samora Machel by Samora Moises Machel Pdf

Author : William Finnegan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520082663

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A Complicated War by William Finnegan Pdf

Among Africa's suffering is the little- known war in Mozambique, now in its second decade. Finnegan traveled through the country in 1988 to assess the impact of a war waged by guerrillas who are armed and often directed by South Africa. He tells a compelling story of rural misery caused by the war, which in turn offers a fertile ground for its continuation. Finnegan's narrative includes historical background and critical analysis of the Mozambique government whose policies have not created an inclusive framework for the nation. Finnegan is drawn to the conclusion that Mozambique's peasants long have been denied the fruits of peace: first under centuries of Portuguese colonialism; and now as they are exposed to the current war that is destroying their future.