Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence

344 Pages·2011·2.08 MB·English

by  Fernando Arenas

LUSOPHONE AFRICA
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L U S O P H O N E A F R I CA
Beyond Independence
Fernando Arenas
University of Minnesota Press
Minneapolis
London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arenas, Fernando, 1963–
Lusophone Africa : beyond independence / Fernando Arenas.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)–
ISBN 978-0-8166-6984-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–History–Autonomy and
independence movements. 2. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–Politics
and government. 3. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–Intellectual life.
4. Portugal–Colonies–Africa–History. 5. Decolonization–Africa,
Portuguese-speaking. 6. Postcolonialism–Africa, Portuguese-
speaking. 7. Globalization–Political aspects–Africa, Portuguese-
speaking. 8. Globalization–Social aspects–Africa, Portuguese-
speaking. 9. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–Social conditions. I. Title.
DT36.1.A74 2010
960.097569–dc22 2010032927
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and
employer.
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To David Asselstine
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Contents
abbreviations ix
acknowledgments xi
introduction
Lusophone Africa within the Global
and the Postcolonial xv

1. African, Portuguese, and Brazilian Interconnections
The Lusophone Transatlantic Matrix 1
2. Cesária Évora and the Globalization of
Cape Verdean Music 45
3. Lusophone Africa on Screen
After Utopia and before the End of Hope 103
4. Angolan Literature
After Independence and under the Shadow of War 159
conclusion 201
notes 205
works cited 243
permissions 269
index 271
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Abbreviations
ACIDI Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Diálogo Intercultural
High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialog
ALU PEC Alfabetu Unifikadu pa Skrita di Kabuverdianu
Unified Alphabet for Written Cape Verdean
AMOCINE Associação Moçambicana de Cineastas
Mozambican Association of Directors
ANC African National Congress
CEI Casa dos Estudantes do Império
House of Students from the Empire
COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Assistance or former Soviet Bloc
COMESA Common Market of East and Southern Africa
CONCP Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das
Colónias Portuguesas
Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the
Portuguese Colonies
CPLP Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa
Community of Portuguese Language countries
FLEC Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
FNLA Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
National Liberation Front of Angola
FRELIMO Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
Mozambican Liberation Front
IACAM Instituto Angolano de Cinema Audiovisual e Multimédia
Angolan Film, Audiovisual, and Multimedia Institute
IBEAA Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos
Brazilian Institute of Afro-Asiatic Studies
IDASA Institute for Democracy in South Africa
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