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| Title: | João dos Santos Albasini (1876-1922): The Contradictions of Politics and Identity in Colonial Mozambique |
| Author: | Penvenne, Jeanne Marie |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 419-464 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Mozambique Portugal |
| Subjects: | colonialism literature History and Exploration Politics and Government Literature, Mass Media and the Press |
| About person: | João dos Santos Albasini (1876-1922) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/182500 |
| Abstract: | This essay considers the life and career of a leading intellectual in early 20th-century Mozambique, João dos Santos Albasini (1876-1922). A journalist and political activist, Albasini took advantage of the political space opened by Portugal's First Republic (1910-1926) to challenge the articulation of colonial policy with respect to citizenship, land alienation, labour conscription and opportunities for education and economic participation. As a founding member of the Grêmio Africano, a Lourenço Marques social group and political lobby, he helped launch the group's newspapers, 'O Africano' (1908-1919) and 'O Brado Africano' (1918-1974). With the Grêmio newspapers as his vehicle, he sharply contrasted colonial and Republican ideals with the racism and injustice Mozambicans faced in the colonial capital of Lourenço Marques (today Maputo). The essay considers two sets of questions. The first set relates to the definition and analysis of issues Albasini highlighted and pursued. The second set confronts Albasini's place in local society and his legacy. Notes, ref., sum |
