The CONCP in Southern Africa and the OAU's Liberation Committee
Settling Internal Disputes for the Independence of Angola and Mozambique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4604429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Corrado Tornimbeni (0000-0002-4877-6209, University of Bologna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1099-1117 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057070.2022.2136448 |
| OpenAlex | W4313827935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
An important but surprisingly neglected player in the history of the struggle for independence in the African Portuguese colonies is the Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas (CONCP), an umbrella organisation uniting the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC), for Guinea Bissau, the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), for Angola, the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo), for Mozambique and the Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe (MLSTP), for São Tomé e Príncipe. Founded in Casablanca in 1961, the CONCP was not a participant in military action, but it strengthened the movements’ ideological cohesion and international diplomacy. Its most controversial goals were perhaps the settlement of internal divisions among the nationalists of Angola and Mozambique and the endorsement of the MPLA and Frelimo as the sole legitimate liberation movements in their countries. To this end, it also established a strategic relationship with specific nationalist movements in southern Africa opposing the white minority regimes and with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Liberation Committee. After its second conference, held in Dar es Salaam in 1965, the CONCP intensified its pressures to secure the MPLA and Frelimo exclusive recognition and support by the OAU, but it was successful only in the second case
Diplomacy · Economics · Independence (probability theory · Liberation movement · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Settlement (finance · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Philosophy
The Trajectory of Liberation
Hubs of Decolonization. African Liberation Movements and “Eastern” Connections in Cairo, Accra, and Dar es Salaam
The Social Origins of Good and Bad Governance
Mecca of Revolution
The Pan Africanist Congress and the Congo Alliance, 1963–1964
No One Can Stop the Rain
The Decolonization of Portuguese Africa
Geopolitics of decolonisation
China and Africa 1949-1970
Pluralism and elite conflict in an independence movement
Dreaming Together, Fighting for Freedom Together
Introduction
Dreams of Power
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |