Wiriyamu and the Colonial Archive
Reading It Against the Grain? Along the Grain? Read It at All
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9286183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Zeman (0000-0002-9934-2734, University of Geneva, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Pages | 206-236 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-5413 • E-ISSN: 1558-2744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/hia.2023.2 |
| OpenAlex | W4381377002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
“The archives are silent.” The starting point of this article is the alleged non-existence of archival sources on the Portuguese massacre of Wiriyamu (1972). The article proves this claim to be false and shows how the available sources can be used to improve our knowledge of the massacre. The article suggests that scholars’ ignorance of these sources is connected to general misconceptions about colonial archives and their alleged silence on wartime atrocities, which are based on the belief that such atrocities do only appear in the sources, if they are read against the grain. Revealing the explicit presence of war atrocities in the sources, the article argues that the legitimate concern about reading such sources against the grain should not prevent us from reading them at all
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Ignorance · Linguistics · Point (geometry · Political science · Portuguese · Reading (process · Silence · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy
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A Robust Operation
Forced Labour in the “Gorgulho Years”
Mustafah Dhada. The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–2013
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Guilty Secrets
Mau Mau in the High Court and the 'Lost' British Empire Archives
Looking beyond Mau Mau
Along the Archival Grain
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |