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Conceiving Mozambique

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Written by the leading expert on the liberation struggle in Portuguese Africa
  • Features a wealth of never-before-seen archival material, including personal correspondence and unpublished autobiographies by key figures
  • Provides new insight into the early years of the Mozambique liberation struggle
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
  2. Eduardo Mondlane

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 1-16
  3. The Rise of Mozambican Nationalism

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 17-34
  4. Frelimo

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 35-53
  5. The Ravages of Exile Politics

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 55-71
  6. OAU, UN, and USA

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 73-84
  7. Mondlane in Dar es Salaam

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 85-99
  8. New Contenders

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 101-106
  9. Students vs. Soldiers

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 107-128
  10. Mondlane’s Assasination

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 129-154
  11. The Collapse of Portugal

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 155-170
  12. Independent Mozambique

    • John A. Marcum
    Pages 171-188
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-199

About this book

This long-awaited book is a vivid history of Frelimo, the liberation movement that gained power in Mozambique following the sudden collapse of Portuguese rule in 1974. The leading scholar of the liberation struggle in Portuguese Africa, John Marcum completed this work shortly before his death, after a lifetime of research and close contact with many of the major Mozambican nationalists of the time. Assembled from his rich archive of unpublished letters, diaries, and transcribed conversations with figures such as Eduardo Mondlane, Adelino Gwambe, and Marcelino dos Santos, this book captures the key issues and personalities that shaped the era. With unique insight into the Mozambican struggle and the tragic short-sightedness of U.S. policy, Conceiving Mozambique encourages a dispassionate re-examination of the movement’s costs as well as its remarkable accomplishments.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA

    Edmund Burke III

  • Oakland, USA

    Michael W. Clough

  • Santa Cruz, USA

    John A. Marcum

About the editors

John A. Marcum was Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, USA. His two volumes on Angola, The Angolan Revolution, Vol. 1: The Anatomy of an Explosion, 1950-1962 (1969) and Vol. 2: Exile Politics and Guerrilla Warfare, 1962-1976 (1978) have been widely recognized as the authoritative account of the protracted Angolan liberation struggle.


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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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