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H-Luso-Africa is a network initiated by the Lusophone African Studies Organization (LASO). LASO is an independent professional society established in the United States that is open to all scholars with an interest in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São-Tomé e Príncipe.

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TOC: Kronos: Southern African Histories 39 (2013), special issue on The Liberation Script in Mozambican History

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Submitted by Kathleen Sheldon on Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Kronos: Southern African Histories 39 (November 2013)

The journal is available on paper and will be available electronically within a few months at http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0259-0190&lng=en&nrm=iso

Special issue on The Liberation Script in Mozambican History

Guest editors, Rui Assubuji, Paolo Israel, and Drew Thompson

INTRODUCTION
10 A Loosening Grip: The Liberation Script in Mozambican History, by Paolo Israel
20 Politics and Contemporary History in Mozambique: A Set of Epistemological Notes, by João Paulo Borges Coelho

Tribute to Carlos Schwarz "Pepito", Lisbon, Fundação Mário Soares, 7 March, 6 p.m.

Tribute to Carlos Schwarz "Pepito", Lisbon, Fundação Mário Soares, 7 March, 6 p.m. / Gerhard Seibert / March 4, 2014

Rev.: Pichler on Hatzky, Kubaner in Angola

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Submitted by Kathleen Sheldon on Tuesday, March 4, 2014

From H-Reviews, http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41234

[Note: H-Soz-u-Kult is an H-Net list on "Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften / Communication and Information Services for Historians."  I realize that German is not a primary language for our list, but thought this review and the previous one I posted in German from H-Soz-u-Kult would be of interest to some of our subscribers]

Christine Hatzky. Kubaner in Angola: Süd-Süd-Kooperation und Bildungstransfer 1976-1991. München: Oldenbourg Verlag, 2012. 376 S. ISBN 978-3-486-71286-5; ISBN 978-3-486-71573-6.

Call for panel proposals: IX Congresso Ibérico de Estudos Africanos, Coimbra, 11-13 Sept. 2014

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Submitted by Gerhard Seibert on Monday, March 3, 2014

The IX Congresso Ibérico de Estudos Africanos (CIEA9) will be held from September 11-13, 2014 in Coimbra, Portugal.

The organizing committee has launched a call for panels.  The deadline for panel proposal submissions is 15 April.

Proposals can be written in one of the three conference languages Spanish, Portuguese or English.

For further details see in the internet at http://cei.iscte-iul.pt/2014/02/ix-congresso-iberico-de-estudos-africanos/

News: On the Beach, on the Cheap, in Mozambique

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Submitted by Kathleen Sheldon on Sunday, March 2, 2014

The latest travel article on Mozambique, the descriptions reminded me of my own brief visit to Tofo in 1994, when I was a United Nations election observer in Maxixe.

Seth Kugel, "On the Beach, on the Cheap, in Mozambique," New York Times travel section, 28 Feb. 2014, about Tofo Beach and Inhambane:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/travel/on-the-beach-on-the-cheap-in-mozambique.html?emc=...

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