Indo-Mozambicans in Maputo, 1947-1992: Oral Narratives on Identity and Migration Allen Nafeesah
Indo-Mozambicans in Maputo, 1947-1992: Oral Narratives on Identity and Migration Allen Nafeesah This book explores the experiences of 'Indo-Mozambicans, ' citizens and residents of Mozambique who can…
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Indo-Mozambicans in Maputo, 1947-1992: Oral Narratives on Identity and Migration Allen Nafeesah
This book explores the experiences of 'Indo-Mozambicans, ' citizens and residents of Mozambique who can trace their origins to the Indian subcontinent, a region affected by competing colonialisms during the twentieth century. A unique examination of post-colonialism, the book argues that four pivotal moments in history forced migratory patterns and ethnic identity formations to emerge among Indo-Mozambicans, namely, the end of the British empire in India and the subsequent partition of India and Pakistan in 1947; the end of the Portuguese empire in India, with the annexation of Goa, Drawing from ethnographic interviews, the author illustrates why migration developed as both an identity marker and a survival tool for Indo-Mozambicans living in Maputo, in response to the series of independence movements and prolonged period of geo-political uncertainty that extended from 1947 to 1992.