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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Religion in Mozambique, 1962-1988 |
Author: | Serapião, Luís Benjamin |
Year: | 1993 |
Periodical: | Africa: rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 110-124 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mozambique |
Subjects: | religion Frelimo |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40761186 |
Abstract: | This article analyses the relationship between Frelimo and the dominant religious groups in Mozambique, viz. the Muslims, the Protestants and the Catholics. It first describes the participation of these groups in the liberation struggle for the independence of the country. Then it discusses Frelimo's attitude towards religion and its policy to exclude all religious groups from any participation in the building of the nation after independence. It shows that Frelimo consciously aimed at eradicating religion and creating an atheist society, and outlines the responses of the religious leaders to this policy. Finally it argues that Frelimo's political arrogance alienated not only religious groups, but also other segments of Mozambican society, and that this was the main reason for the emergence of Renamo. Ref. |