Secrets, Lies, Silences and Invisibilities

Unveiling the Participation of Africans on the Mozambique Front during World War I

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ID20077836
AuthorsMaria Paula Meneses (0000-0001-9812-2177, University of Coimbra), Margarida Gomes (0000-0002-7889-5735, University of Coimbra)
Year2015
Pages154-177
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEurocentrism, Racism and Knowledge (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137292896_9
OpenAlexW2419086118
ISBN9781137292896
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

In the context of the centennial anniversary of the beginning of World War I (WWI), little attention has been paid to the Portuguese battlefields in African war theatres, which include Angola and Mozambique. In a recent field trip in Northern Mozambique, while talking about war and violence, an old woman mentioned his father having been a carrier during the ‘big, old war’ in Northern Mozambique.2 Researching this episode, we came to know that a whole neighbourhood in Pemba, a city in the extreme North of Mozambique, had been named after these carriers — Carriers Corps, thus Cariacó — presumably because members of the corps were given housing in this place.3 This episode calls our attention to memories of African men and women who, directly or indirectly, participated in WWI and have been forgotten or silenced in contemporary academic studies.4

Ancient history · Archaeology · Centennial · Context (archaeology) · First world war · Front (military) · Geography · Media studies · Neighbourhood (mathematics) · Political science · Portuguese · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · World War II · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History

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