"Print and Power: Identity, Knowledge, and Resistance in Colonial Mozambique"
This presentation explores the role of print media in shaping and contesting imperial and cultural imaginaries in colonial Mozambique. Focusing on the dialogue between O Brado Africano and the Boletim Geral das Colónias, I analyze how the written word both reflected and resisted the ideological foundations of Portuguese colonial rule. Through figures like João Albasini and the early Mozambican press, I examine how knowledge, identity, and utopic political visions were constructed, challenged, and disseminated. Drawing on theorists such as Benedict Anderson, Raymond Williams, and Leela Gandhi, this work interrogates the intersections of print capitalism, colonial education, and affective communities to better understand the cultural legacy of the Lusophone world during the early 20th century.
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