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LUSOPHONE AFRICA This page intentionally left blank L U S O P H O N E A F R I CA Beyond Independence Fernando Arenas University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London See page 269 for publication information on previously published material reprinted in this book. Copyright 2011 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, elec- tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Arenas, Fernando, 1963– Lusophone Africa : beyond independence / Fernando Arenas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)– ISBN 978-0-8166-6984-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–History–Autonomy and independence movements. 2. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–Politics and government. 3. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–Intellectual life. 4. Portugal–Colonies–Africa–History. 5. Decolonization–Africa, Portuguese-speaking. 6. Postcolonialism–Africa, Portuguese- speaking. 7. Globalization–Political aspects–Africa, Portuguese- speaking. 8. Globalization–Social aspects–Africa, Portuguese- speaking. 9. Africa, Portuguese-speaking–Social conditions. I. Title. DT36.1.A74 2010 960.097569–dc22 2010032927 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To David Asselstine This page intentionally left blank Contents abbreviations ix acknowledgments xi introduction Lusophone Africa within the Global and the Postcolonial xv 1. African, Portuguese, and Brazilian Interconnections The Lusophone Transatlantic Matrix 1 2. Cesária Évora and the Globalization of Cape Verdean Music 45 3. Lusophone Africa on Screen After Utopia and before the End of Hope 103 4. Angolan Literature After Independence and under the Shadow of War 159 conclusion 201 notes 205 works cited 243 permissions 269 index 271 This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations ACIDI Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Diálogo Intercultural High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialog ALU PEC Alfabetu Unifikadu pa Skrita di Kabuverdianu Unified Alphabet for Written Cape Verdean AMOCINE Associação Moçambicana de Cineastas Mozambican Association of Directors ANC African National Congress CEI Casa dos Estudantes do Império House of Students from the Empire COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Assistance or former Soviet Bloc COMESA Common Market of East and Southern Africa CONCP Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies CPLP Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa Community of Portuguese Language countries FLEC Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda FNLA Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola National Liberation Front of Angola FRELIMO Frente de Libertação de Moçambique Mozambican Liberation Front IACAM Instituto Angolano de Cinema Audiovisual e Multimédia Angolan Film, Audiovisual, and Multimedia Institute IBEAA Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos Brazilian Institute of Afro-Asiatic Studies IDASA Institute for Democracy in South Africa ix
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