There is a new sense of optimism today about the future of sub-Saharan Africa. After being
written off as hopeless by international donors for much of the 1980s and 1990s, sub …

Este artigo analisa a evolução das ideias e das práticas do Estado colonial português no
que toca ao desenvolvimento da" África portuguesa", entre os anos 1930 e 1974. Até aos …

The politics and policies of late colonialism in the Portuguese empire were characterized by
a repressive developmentalism, a particular combination of enhanced coercive (symbolic …

This book is concerned with the internal diversity and complexity of the Roman Catholic
Church. It aims at exploring, unpacking, and explaining how the Roman Catholic institution …

It is a well-established understanding in historiography that empire building is closely linked
to human migration, both as a cause and a consequence. The historiography on the subject …

This article examines the infrastructural histories and legacies of three transnational
corridors centred on the Mozambican cities of Maputo, Beira and Nacala. Underpinned by …

This article examines the political and ideological uses of agronomic research, focusing on
state-directed rural white settlements in Angola. Implemented 'against the tide', in the mid …

Situating itself at the crossroads of colonial history, international history and European
history, this article examines the movement for colonial appeasement and the redistribution …

Résumé L'empire colonial est un élément central de la construction officielle de l'identité
nationale portugaise. Le processus d'indépendance des anciennes colonies après le 25 …

This thesis is about what historically has been one of the greatest preoccupations for
residents of Maputo, Mozambique: the securing of a place to live. For most, this has meant …