Why Stay? Forced Labor, the Correia Report, and Portuguese-South African Competition at the Angola-Namibia Border, 1917-1939

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Title:	Why Stay? Forced Labor, the Correia Report, and Portuguese-South African Competition at the Angola-Namibia Border, 1917-1939
Author:	Keese, Alexander
Year:	2015
Periodical:	History in Africa (ISSN 1558-2744)
Volume:	42
Pages:	75-108
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Angola Namibia South Africa
Subjects:	border control boundaries forced labour emigration colonial history refugees
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2015.20
Abstract:	The so far unknown report by Norberto Correia, Portuguese administrator of the Baixo-Cunene border district, is an impressive document on forced labor and flight at the Angola-Namibia border, written by a controversial official fallen into disgrace after a regime change in the metropole. Correia's acerbic and detailed analysis allows fresh interpretations of a border situation that is only at first glance well-known. By contrasting the Correia report with documentation from South African officials and the voices of their Ovambo partners in indirect rule, the authors come to clearer understanding of motivations and options at this unruly colonial border. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]