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Title: A tortured history. (Books).(Bay of Tigers: a Journey from Angola to Mozambique)(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Justin Cartwright
Publication: New Statesman (1996) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 2, 2003
Publisher: New Statesman, Ltd.
Volume: 132 Issue: 4640 Page: 51(1)Article Type: Book ReviewDistributed by Thompson Gale
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Bay of Tigers: a journey from Angola to Mozambique
Pedro Rosa Mendes
Granta Books, 320pp, [pounds sterling]12.99
This book comes adorned with a recommendation by Ryszard Kapuscinski. So I opened it eagerly, having been in both Luanda and Maputo, and having taken a passing interest in Angola and Mozambique since they gained independence. The history of the two former Portuguese colonies has not been edifying; it is a history smothered by apathy and disfigured by cruelty. The Portuguese were the first colonists of Southern Africa, starting from the 16th century. When their own revolution took place in the mid-1970s, they abandoned Africa: a million colonists returned to Portugal, and various factions fought it out in the ex-colonies...
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