Title Indo-Mozambicans in Maputo, 1947-1992 : oral narratives on identity and migration / Nafeesah Allen

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. Contents Part I. Before the Beginning -- 1. Introduction and Methodology -- 2. Who are Indo-Mozambicans? A Chronology of Shifting Geography and Terminology -- 3. Conflating Space and Time in the Process of National Myth-making -- Part II. Religion, Race and Migration, 1947-1992 -- 4. A Brief Oral History of Indo-Mozambican Life from 1947-1992 -- 5. Indo-Mozambican Institutions: Hindu Interactions with the State -- 6. Muslims: The Making of the Self and Others among Transnational Merchants, 1961-1992 -- 7. Mixed Race Belonging in Black Majority Spaces: Mulatto, Mestico or Misto -- Part III. Concluding Thoughts on Post-coloniality -- 8. Malleable Identities & Imagined Communities in Contemporary Africa Summary 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. 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. 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, Daman and Diu in 1961; the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975; and the civil war of Mozambique from 1977 to 1992. Framing these historical markers as trigger points for shifts in migration and identity formation, this book demonstrates the layered experiences of people subject to Portuguese colonialism and highlights the important perspective of those left behind in migration studies. Nafeesah Allen is a multi-lingual author, independent researcher, editor, and contributing writer for internationally recognized magazines and journals. Having completed her PhD in Forced Migration at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, her academic research centers on the politics of identity amongst post-colonial African and Indian Diasporas. She specialises in Iberian and Lusophone histories, as well as race and social policy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject South Asians -- Mozambique -- Maputo Postcolonialism -- Portugal Postcolonialism -- Great Britain -- History Colonial influence Emigration and immigration Postcolonialism South Asians SUBJECT Mozambique -- Emigration and immigration Maputo (Mozambique) -- Colonial influence Subject Great Britain Mozambique Mozambique -- Maputo Portugal Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031088261 3031088263

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