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Zusatztext This collection of oral testimonies constitutes a major body of work. It is an irrefutable proof of the massacre which took place in this area and contains all the numerous elements which confirms Portugal's genocidal strategy along the river Zambezi since 1972. The research reveals sufficient evidence for the UN to reopen the dossier on Portugal's genocidal practices during the Fascist era. A dossier that without any debate! was inexplicably closed in 1974. Informationen zum Autor Mustafah Dhada is Professor of History at California State University! Bakersfield! USA! and Research Associate at the Center for Social Studies! Coimbra University! Portugal. He is the author of Warriors at Work (1993)! and The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique! 1964-2013 (Bloomsbury! 2015)! which won the American Historical Association's Martin A. Klein Prize in African History. A collection of curated and contextualised memorial accounts which explore Portugal’s last colonial war in Mozambique, the nationalist response to it, and the Wiriyamu massacre to which they both led. Zusammenfassung Using interviews as primary sources this book shines a light on the infamous Portuguese massacre of Wiriyamu in colonial Mozambique in 1972. Twenty-four carefully curated testimonies are presented, covering Portugal’s last colonial war in Mozambique, and the nationalist response that led to the massacre. Survivors share with you their escape from Wiriyamu, while data collectors, priests and journalists tell of their struggle to collect evidence and defend the truth about the killings in the international press. The Wiriyamu Massacre contextualizes the unique importance of the oral evidence it contains and reveals the in-depth interview methods used to gather the oral testimonies, and subsequently curate the transcript into readable texts.This is the horrific story of Wiriyamu, and what it can tell you about European colonialism, genocide and the darkness in humanity, spoken by the people who were there and who tried to tell the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of MapsList of TablesForewordPrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. The Colonial War and The Wiriyamu Triangle3. The Anatomy of the Massacre4. Gathering and Surveying the Evidence5. The First Public Outing of the Wiriyamu Narrative6. The Final Revelation7. The British Fact-Checkers8. The Final Act - Witness Protection9. ConclusionWorks CitedIndex...
