Nascido no Ăąmbito da Iniciativa LusĂłfona do CODESRIA e na sequĂȘncia do simpĂłsio internacional que decorreu sob o mesmo lema, âLusofoniaâ em Ăfrica: HistĂłria, Democracia e Integração Africana reune trabalhos de um conjunto de 14 autores de diferentes disciplinas de CiĂȘncias Sociais. A obra desconstrĂłi e desmistifica o conceito de âlusofoniaâ atravĂ©s de uma anĂĄlise rigorosa das identidades e diferenças econĂłmicas, polĂticas e culturais que caracterizam os cinco paĂses. Os autores fazem uma incursĂŁo a aspectos tĂŁo variados como o colonialismo, as lutas pela libertação nacional e o consequente desabrochar de novos regimes polĂticos no perĂodo pĂłs-independĂȘncia, as transiçÔes econĂłmicas e polĂticas que marcaram estes paĂses desde as economias centralizadas e as tentativas de construção de sistemas polĂticos de tipo socialista. SĂŁo igualmente analisados a introdução de economias neo-liberais, de sistemas multipartidĂĄrios e a construção de sistemas democrĂĄticos, sem descurar os casos permeados por situaçÔes de conflito. âLusofonia em Africa…â representa assim um espaço em que se revisita os temas referidos, expondo-os aos novos desafios das mutaçÔes econĂłmicas, sociais e polĂticas.
This innovative work is the first CODESRIA has published in Portuguese, and the first scholarly work the institution has published on the politics, economics and societies of the Portuguese-speaking African countries, authored by social scientists from those countries. In its engagement with the Portuguese-speaking social science communities in Africa, the publication represents an important milestone for CODESRIA, and a symbolic moment in the development of Lusophone studies on the continent. The collection of essays grew out of CODESRIAâs âLusophoniaâ initiative, launched at an international symposium in May 2005 which brought together over 60 academics, mostly from the Lusophone African countries, as well as from African studies institutions in Portugal and Brazil, to reflect on the history, democracy and integration of the Portuguese speaking countries. The objectives of the Lusophonia initiative are to give a voice to social scientists from Portuguese speaking countries; centre debates on the priorities identified by the local academic communities; establish an integrated body of researchers based in the Portuguese speaking countries and integrate these into CODESRIAâs wider research programmes to the benefit of the wider research communities; and to strengthen capacity in the social sciences and comparative studies in the Lusophone environment in Africa.
The book brings together the works of fourteen authors from different disciplines in the social sciences. Through rigorous analysis of the identities, economic differences, policies and cultures that characterise the five Lusophone countries â Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, SĂŁo TomĂ© e PrĂncipe â the work deconstructs the concept of âLusophoniaâ. The authors further cover colonialism and the liberation struggles in the Lusophone countries, and the consequences for post- independence, the introduction of neo-liberal economies, multi-party and democratic systems, and conflict situations. Some further examples of topics addressed are: the situation of higher education, universities, and the social sciences in the Portuguese speaking African countries; linguistic diversity and national identity; regional integration and the role of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), and local power in Lusophone Africa.
Teresa Cruz e Silva, Manuel G. M. de Araujo, Cardoso Térésa Cruz e Silva, Manuel G. Mendes de Araujo, e Carlos Cardoso
ISBNÂ : 2-86978-174-1
CODESRIA 2005