Historically monsters have been represented as those who do not fit, whose bodies,
practices or experiences constitute powerful reminders of inadequacy, unsuitability or …

Under the MPLA ruling government only Agostinho Neto, among the leaders of the three
movements of the liberation struggle, has a marked presence on the Angolan memorial …

How have post-colonial states shaped the figure-archetype of the combatant? Drawing on a
cross-cutting analysis of two countries–Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe–which had …

114 Vasco Martins indicating the name of the Liceu Salvador Correia de Sá, today the Liceu
Mutu ya Kevela after one of the leaders of the Bailundo Uprising (1902), were removed but …

The article explores the political uses of the memory of the Popular Movement for the
Liberation of Angola's (MPLA's) heroic combatant Hoji ya Henda from the independence of …

This article explores and problematises the role of language in the construction of Angolan
national identity. Drawing on cultural studies and insights from linguistic anthropology, it is …

ABSTRACT The Angolan village of Cusseque, established during the country's civil war, lost
its military purpose when the conflict ended in 2002. The village's neighbors assumed that …

This essay argues for the importance of attending to the visual production of contemporary
artists concerning critical, decolonizing perspectives on notions of Portuguese heritage and …

N adine S iegert is a writer, curator, and publisher and currently the head of culture and
development at the Goethe-Institute in Johannesburg. From 2011 to 2019, she was the …

The present research was informed by scholars who have documented the cries of the
oppressed and marginalized people generally in Africa, represented here by the Angolan …