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Title:Studying Lusophone Africa: Retrospect and Prospect
Author:Alpers, Edward A.ISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:Ufahamu
Volume:23
Issue:3
Pages:94-109
Language:English
Geographic terms:Portuguese-speaking Africa
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Subjects:African studies
Bibliography/Research
colonialism
History and Exploration
Abstract:From the beginnings of the emergence of a broad, interdisciplinary field of inquiry called African Studies there has been a definable subfield called Portuguese Africa, Portuguese-speaking Africa, or lusophone Africa, comprising Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Cabo Verde and São Tomé. The apparent linguistic and colonial unity of Portuguese-speaking Africa and the emergence of the coordinated national liberation movements in these countries constituted powerful forces to maintain the facade of this concept. However, lusophone Africa is entirely a colonial construct and there is no meaningful scholarly subject area by this name except under very specific historical circumstances. Notes, ref.
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