Direction culturelle, éducation et développement au Mozambique

Gasperini, Lavinia

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“…Simultáneamente, muchos de ellos ocupaban, en tanto que ancianos, la posición de jefes rituales en las ceremonias y ofrendas familiares a los antepasados. La mayoría había estudiado en la escuela metodista de Cambine en la década de los sesenta 13 , aprovechando el aumento en la escolarización tras la supresión de la condición de indígena (Gasperini, 1984), y combinaba sin especial angustia su formación escolar cristiana con aquellas obligaciones familiares que, generalmente, se consideran más cercanas al espectro de lo tradicional.…”

Section: Antiguos Régulos Y Asimilados Rememoran Su Pasadounclassified

Frelimo's Political Ruling through Violence and Memory in Postcolonial Mozambique

Igreja

2010

Journal of Southern African Studies

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Resumen. A partir del trabajo de campo etnográfico en el distrito de Massinga, en este artículo analizo la legitimidad de las autoridades tradicionales como un proceso de negociación que no puede desvincularse de la historia regional del África austral. Las transformaciones sociales producidas por el Estado colonial y la industria minera afectaron a las sociedades africanas. Los migrantes a las minas, excluidos de la modernidad en la que participaban, estaban a la vez dentro y fuera de dos procesos de reproducción social. Así, de entre los jóvenes proletarios de cada generación saldrían los futuros ancianos tradicionales. Esta posición ambigua se reflejaba en la construcción de casas cada vez más modernas, lo que, a su vez, contribuía a que cada nueva generación renovase la legitimidad de las instituciones tradicionales. Cuando los hombres perdieron la centralidad social que las minas les otorgaban, también perdieron la capacidad de renovar la legitimidad tradicional de sus instituciones. Palabras clave: autoridad tradicional; Estado; migración labora; rito de paso; ruptura generacional. [en] Ruins and Legitimacy in Massinga. Ways of Thinking the Past among Impoverished Elders in Southern MozambiqueAbstract. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in Massinga district, this article presents the building up of traditional authority's legitimacy as a process linked to southern Africa regional history. Both the colonial State and the mining industry transformed African societies. Rural migrants, despite being confined to the customary sphere, were in fact straddling two different systems of social reproduction, as for successful young proletarians would become respected traditional elders. Thanks to this ambiguous position, each generation of migrants was able to build new and fancy houses. By doing so, they also contributed to renewing the legitimacy of traditional institutions. Once the mines stopped the recruitment of Mozambican young miners, the usual way to renew legitimacy collapsed.

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Frelimo's Political Ruling through Violence and Memory in Postcolonial Mozambique

Igreja

2010

Journal of Southern African Studies

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Comparative African Experiences in Implementing Educational Policies

Alexander¹,

Craig²

1993

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Étud

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Discussion Papers present results of country analysis or research that are circulated to encourage discussion and comment within the development community. To present these results with the least possible delay, the typescript of this paper has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formal printed texts, and the World Bank accepts no responsibility for errors. Some sources cited in this paper may be informal documents that are not readily available.The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author(s) and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to members of its Board of Executive Directors or the countries they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any consequence of their use. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this volume do not imply on the part of the World Bank Group any judgment on the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

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Adult Literacy for Development in Mozambique

Johnston¹

1990

African Studies Review

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The history of literacy learning in Mozambique proceeds through a number of sharply contrasting phases, and is particularly interesting in the way that it reveals its dependence on the political and economic strategy being practiced by the government. In each phase, the motivations of the providers and the seekers of access to literacy differ, as do the literacy results, in line with the prevailing relations of power, mode of production, and political situation. Underlying this paper are two basic understandings about the provision and use of access to adult literacy: —adult participation in literacy teaching-learning programs is first and foremost a question of motivation; and —large-scale successes in literacy programs are dependent on factors that raise and sustain that motivation, and therefore, principally on the power, legitimacy, and encouragement of the state (Lind and Johnston, 1986). The effects of literacy on society seem reasonably clear; at least, it is clear that societies with a high level of literacy are materially better off than those with a low level, and that the presence of widespread literacy skills in a society substantially affects its culture, relationships, power structure, and economy. To an extent this has given rise to the idea that education has the value of material capital and that economic development will take place if (and maybe only if) enough effort is invested in education. A careful look soon shows, however, that one is rather faced with a typical chicken and egg issue. Consequently, heavy investment in the promotion of literacy skills in a society does not automatically guarantee economic development. Nor is it necessarily satisfactory to begin by defining development as synonymous with economic growth.

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Direction culturelle, éducation et développement au Mozambique

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Frelimo's Political Ruling through Violence and Memory in Postcolonial Mozambique

Frelimo's Political Ruling through Violence and Memory in Postcolonial Mozambique

Comparative African Experiences in Implementing Educational Policies

Adult Literacy for Development in Mozambique

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