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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Power, Poets and the People: Mozambican Voices Interpreting History
Authors:Penvenne, Jeanne MarieISNI
Sitoe, BentoISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:Social Dynamics
Volume:26
Issue:2
Period:Summer
Pages:55-86
Language:English
Geographic term:Mozambique
Subjects:praise poetry
historiography
oral history
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
History and Exploration
colonialism
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02533950008458695
Abstract:A historian (Penvenne) and a linguist (Sitoe) present the oral performance of a Mozambican poet, a man who introduced himself as Fabião of Magude Maolela. His performance, recorded in Maputo in July 1977, just six months after Mozambique's ruling party, Frelimo, proclaimed itself a Marxist Leninist Vanguard Party, exemplifies the creativity and complexity of Tsonga language oral poetry. Fabião's performance is a compelling interpretation of Mozambican history. It provides insight into critical junctures and transitions from conquest to colonialism, from colonialism to independence, and even signals the then barely perceived threat of Mozambique's dissolution into civil war. Bibliogr., notes. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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