Nationalism and Ethnicities
Lessons from Mozambique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20081373 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Cahen (0000-0001-7595-5280, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Pages | 163-187 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ethnicity Kills? (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780333977354_8 |
| OpenAlex | W2498194238 |
| ISBN | 9780333977354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Mozambique is undoubtedly one of the African countries that, along with Algeria and Tanzania, has attracted the most sympathy in politically committed intellectual circles. The emancipatory project of Frelimo (the Mozambique Liberation Front) was able to appeal to ‘Marxist-Leninists’ as well as to priests. It seemed to be radical, since it took the ‘transition to socialism’ more seriously than the Cape Verde Islands (which were quickly suspected of excessive moderation in the face of imperialism in spite of Amilcar Cabral’s immense popularity). It seemed to be less pro-Soviet and aligned than Agostinho Neto’s Angola, which in addition was soon accused of corruption and of having abandoned the peasantry to its fate. Finally, it appeared to set a different intellectual tone than Guinea-Bissau, which separated from the Cape Verde Islands as early as 1980 with an unpleasant odour of anti-mixed-race racism in the air. The moral rigour of the Frelimo regime, marked by privileges but no corruption; an avowed but non-aligned transition to socialism; a genuine rural policy; a project of ‘people’s democracy’ with sometimes spectacular features; and finally Samora Machel’s undeniable personal charisma — these certainly explain much of the attention that Mozambique has received. Roughly twice as many articles have been produced and theses written or defended on Mozambique than on the other PALOPs (Officially Portuguese-Speaking African Countries)
Democracy · Language change · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law · Literature, Culture, and Criticism
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |