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War Within
A fresh analysis of the post-colonial war in Mozambique that contributes
to debates about conflict, peacebuilding, development and nationalism and offers insights
into the nature of contemporary politics and the current conflict.The 1976-1992 civil war
which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a
central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the
war, this book re-evaluates this period from a number of different local perspectives in an
attempt to better understand the history, complexity and multiple dynamics of the armed
conflict. Focusing at local level on either a province or a single village, the authors
analyse the conflict as a "e;total social phenomena"e; involving all
elements of society and impacting on every aspect of life across the country. The chapters
examine Frelimo and Renamo as well as private, popular and state militias, the Catholic
Church, NGOs and traders. Drawing on previously unexamined sources such as local and
provincial state archives, religious archives, the guerrilla's own documentation and
interviews, the authors uncoveralternative dimensions of the civil war. The book thus
enables a deeper understanding of the conflict and its actors as well as offering an
explanatory framework for understanding peacemaking, the nature of contemporary politics,and
the current conflict in the country. Eric Morier-Genoud is a Lecturer in African history at
Queen's University Belfast; Domingos Manuel do Rosario is Lecturer in electoral sociology
and electoral governance at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique; Michel Cahen is
a Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at Bordeaux
Political Studies Institute and at the Casa de Velazquez in Madrid.
to debates about conflict, peacebuilding, development and nationalism and offers insights
into the nature of contemporary politics and the current conflict.The 1976-1992 civil war
which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a
central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the
war, this book re-evaluates this period from a number of different local perspectives in an
attempt to better understand the history, complexity and multiple dynamics of the armed
conflict. Focusing at local level on either a province or a single village, the authors
analyse the conflict as a "e;total social phenomena"e; involving all
elements of society and impacting on every aspect of life across the country. The chapters
examine Frelimo and Renamo as well as private, popular and state militias, the Catholic
Church, NGOs and traders. Drawing on previously unexamined sources such as local and
provincial state archives, religious archives, the guerrilla's own documentation and
interviews, the authors uncoveralternative dimensions of the civil war. The book thus
enables a deeper understanding of the conflict and its actors as well as offering an
explanatory framework for understanding peacemaking, the nature of contemporary politics,and
the current conflict in the country. Eric Morier-Genoud is a Lecturer in African history at
Queen's University Belfast; Domingos Manuel do Rosario is Lecturer in electoral sociology
and electoral governance at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique; Michel Cahen is
a Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at Bordeaux
Political Studies Institute and at the Casa de Velazquez in Madrid.
477 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 20, 2018
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