"A nossa lâmpada não se apaga": The Mnemonic Return of Angola's Jonas Savimbi. (23rd March 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "A nossa lâmpada não se apaga": The Mnemonic Return of Angola's Jonas Savimbi. (23rd March 2021)
- Main Title:
- "A nossa lâmpada não se apaga": The Mnemonic Return of Angola's Jonas Savimbi
- Authors:
- Martins, Vasco
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Rehabilitating the legacy of deceased leaders is a phenomenon particularly salient in Southern Africa, insofar as memories of liberation wars provoke considerable debate. After a protracted civil war, Angolans remain divided about the contributions of their historical leaders. Jonas Savimbi sits at the center of this division, a binary representation of both heroism and villainy. Martins demonstrates how Savimbi's memory is invoked both as a moral source of hope for an alternative Angola—one imagined and disseminated by Savimbi and UNITA and appropriated by social protest—and as a technology of fear and control employed by the MPLA to assert political dominance.
- Is Part Of:
- African studies review. Volume 64:Number 1(2021)
- Journal:
- African studies review
- Issue:
- Volume 64:Number 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 64, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0064-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 242
- Page End:
- 265
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03-23
- Subjects:
- Southern Africa, -- Angola, -- memory, -- war, -- liberation, -- UNITA, -- Jonas Savimbi
African philology -- Periodicals
Africa -- Periodicals
960.05 - Journal URLs:
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http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ASR ↗
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/arw ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00020206.html ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/asr.2020.23 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0002-0206
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