06/11/2018
6 November 2018
Review of Sayaka Funada-Classen:
The Origins of War in Mozambique. A History of Unity and Division
Translated by Masako Osada. Somerset West (South Africa): African Minds, 2013, xiv + 418 pp. Originally published by Ochanomizo Shobo, Tokyo (Japan), 2012 (Japanese version 2008).
The Mozambican civil war remains a relevant topic for continuing study, not only as a matter of history but also because of its continuing relevance for the present and expectedly the near, if not more distant, future of Mozambique. Where earlier publications about the war stressed the rôle of the racist minority regimes in Rhodesia and South Africa, more recent analyses have tended to look (also) at the way in which Frelimo implemented its political dominance over the Mozambican population after and even before independence. Funada-Classen’s book fits in with the latter trend and has added valuable data to the literature. The degree to which she has succeeded in providing wholly satisfactory interpretations of these data will have to be discussed.
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