Moving beyond the Colonial

New Portuguese Migrants in Angola

Bibliographic Data

ID3608269
AuthorsLisa Åkesson (0000-0001-7708-3594, corresponding author)
Year2016
Issue221-222
Pages267-286
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/etudesafricaines.18981
OpenAlexW2604977715
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited9

For the first time in sub-Saharan Africa's postcolonial history, large numbers of citizens of a European former colonial power are migrating to an ex-colony. Portuguese migrants are attracted by Angola's strong economic growth and are seeking to escape crisis in Portugal. This article focuses on everyday workplace relations between Angolans and Portuguese. In particular, it analyses how colonial power relations still resonate with both groups and whether their mutual imaginaries are moving beyond the colonial past. The article concludes that dependence on access to the labour market and the goodwill of Angola's political and administrative class has undercut the ex-colonisers' dominance. Yet colonial imaginaries are still in play, particularly among the Portuguese. Consequently, postcolonial power relations among Angolans and Portuguese are contested and unstable

Dominance (genetics · Goodwill · African history and culture studies · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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