Conf.: Democracy and Economic Inclusion in Mozambique: Understanding Prospects in the Context of the Past, London, June 20, 2018
Democracy and Economic Inclusion in Mozambique: Understanding Prospects in the Context of the Past
Welcome to H-Luso-Africa, a network initiated by the Lusophone African Studies Organization (LASO).
H-Luso-Africa aims to compile resources, host discussions and publish reviews that are relevant to scholars with interests in Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São-Tomé and Príncipe.
Resources
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Preliminary Conference Announcement: 2019 Lusophone Studies Association Conference in Évora, Portugal.
The Lusophone Studies Association (LSA) is an interdisciplinary academic association dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of scholarly and related research about the Lusophone world.
Book announcement: Tempos de Fúria: Memórias do massacre de Homoíne [Moçambique], 18 de Julho de 1987, by Hassane Armando
Caras e caros colegas,
Segue divulgação do recém-lançado livro Tempos de fúria: memórias do massacre de Homoíne, 18 de Julho de 1987 (Edições Colibri, Lisboa, 2018), cujo autor, Hassane Armando, é um civil sobrevivente do referido massacre ocorrido durante a guerra civil em Moçambique (1977-1992) e que hoje em dia é professor de Língua Portuguesa na escola secundária de Homoíne.
Fernando Campos
Colleagues: I have lost track of Fernando Campos, who in the 1980s & 1990s, published two important articles in _Africa (Sao Paulo)_: one on the death of Queen Jinga and another on Pedro IV of Kongo. Any information willl be welcomed, on or off list.
Thanks in advance, José
Reviews
Reviews are commissioned by H-Luso-Africa reviews editor Philip Havik.
More information on becoming a reviewer or submitting a book for review on H-Net can be found here.
Reviewer:
Carlos Almeida
Almeida on Fromont, 'The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo'
Cécile Fromont. The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Illustrations. 328 pp. $47.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-1871-5; $19.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4696-1872-2.
Reviewed by Carlos Almeida (Centro de História/Universidade de Lisboa) Published on H-Luso-Africa (October, 2017) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik
Reviewer:
Joseph Hanlon
Hanlon on Alden and Chichava, 'China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists'
Chris Alden, Sérgio Chichava, eds. China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2014. 256 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-920196-94-3.
Reviewed by Joseph Hanlon (The Open University (UK); London School of Economics (UK)) Published on H-Luso-Africa (August, 2017) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik
Reviewer:
Toby O. Green
Green on Motta, 'Portugueses e Muçulmanos na Senegâmbia: História e Representações do Islã na África (c. 1570-1625)'
Thiago Henrique Motta. Portugueses e Muçulmanos na Senegâmbia: História e Representações do Islã na África (c. 1570-1625). Curitiba: Editora Prismas, 2016. 339 pp. BRL 58.00, ISBN 978-85-550-7266-6.
Reviewed by Toby O. Green (Department of History/Kings College London) Published on H-Luso-Africa (July, 2017) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik
Representations of Islam in West Africa
Reviewer:
Marina Temudo
Temudo on Davidson, 'Sacred Rice: An Ethnography of Identity, Environment, and Development in Rural West Africa'
Joanna Davidson. Sacred Rice: An Ethnography of Identity, Environment, and Development in Rural West Africa. Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 264 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-19-935868-7.
Reviewed by Marina Temudo (University of Lisbon) Published on H-Luso-Africa (May, 2017) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik
Mangrove Societies and Rice Production in West Africa