Table of Contents

Part 1 Lusophone Africa in historical and comparative perspective: colonial wars; decolonization; politics, power and the postcolonial state; creating nations; building socialism; the failings of one-party states; Angola and Mozambique - social divisions, political rivalries and civil war; the international dimension; the transition to multiparty politics. Part 2 Country studies: Angola, David Birmingham; Mozambique, Malyn Newitt; Guinea Bissau, Joshua Forrest; Cape Verde, Elisa Silva Andrade; Sao Tome e Principe, Gerhard Seibert.

About the Author

Patrick Chabal is Professor of Lusophone African Studies, University of London, and among his published works are The Postcolonial Literature of Lusophone Africa (Hurst, 1998) and Vozes Mocambicanas.