The MNR/Renamo
External and Internal Dynamics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6028181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Young (0000-0003-0367-2980, SOAS University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 357 |
| Pages | 491-509 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098328 |
| OpenAlex | W1818012507 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
Introduction Mozambique has been crippled by wishful thinking, insurgency and subversion; the understanding of Mozambique has been crippled by shallow and partisan rhetoric which all too often has been allowed to pass for serious analysis. Writing on post-independence Mozambique remains dominated by 'redfeet' in pursuit of revolutionary dreams that they cannot attain in their own societies or of the psychic rewards of 'solidarity' campaigns.l Latterly the country has become a site for various right-wing organizations to act out their own fantasies of global counter-revolution. The people of Mozambique have been ill-served by these cliques of the Left and Right, especially in relation to the Renamo phenomenon. The Left has responded to the propaganda needs of the Mozambican state and presented Renamo as 'just puppets' of somebody or other, preferably the South Africans. Marginally worse in terms of utter dishonesty and opportunism have been various right-wing groups who from the safe haven of their 'think-tanks' have seen fit to portray mass murder and mutilation as a 'struggle for
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2020 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |