Africa Development
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description: Africa Development is a quarterly bilingual journal. It is a social science journal with a major focus on issues that are central to the development of society. Its principal objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among African scholars from a variety of intellectual persuasions and various disciplines. The journal also encourages the submission of articles by other contributors working on Africa or those undertaking a comparative analysis of the developing world issues.
publisher: CODESRIA
language: en-US
publication name: Africa Development
issn: 0850-3907
items: Cover Page
items: 0 - Prelim
items: 1a - Apresentação : Novas abordagens sobre Movimentos Sociais e Direitos Humanos
items: 1b - Introduction: New Approaches to Social Movements and Human Rights
items: 1c - Introduction: Nouvelles approches aux mouvements sociaux et aux droits de l'homme
items: 2 - Vivência em ‘‘Epistemologias Negras’’
items: 3 - Possibilidades e limites ao exercício da Liberdade Sindical em Cabo Verde de 1975 a 2014
items: 4 - A proteção social básica como direito humano
items: 5 - Uma longa ambiguidade
items: 6 - Organizações da Sociedade Civil em Moçambique
items: 7 - Dinâmicas dos movimentos juvenis’
items: AD, Volume 49, n° 3, 2024 - Full Issue

Cover Page
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creator: Journal System
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5879

0 - Prelim
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creator: Journal System
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5880

1a - Apresentação : Novas abordagens sobre Movimentos Sociais e Direitos Humanos
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description: O projecto que desaguou no número aqui apresentado surgiu em Recife, por ocasião da III Conferência sobre Activismos em África, realizada em Setembro de 2021, em formato online devido às restrições na decorrência da pandemia. Os três organizadores deste dossier participaram dela, coordenando painéis e propondo comunicações, identificando, na temática dos movimentos sociais e das suas reivindicações e na defesa dos direitos humanos, os eixos fundamentais para construir uma ponte intelectual e de compromisso cívico entre África e o Brasil. Em 2024, decidimos, portanto, organizar um número especial sobre assuntos relacionados com o Sul Global de língua oficial portuguesa, cientes de que se tratava de um desafio. Primeiro, a produção científica nos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP) está ainda aquém do desejado; em segundo lugar, o nosso desafio era ir um pouco além das representações geralmente institucionais que destes países são projectadas para fora, incluindo estudos sobre a realidade afro-brasileira. Com efeito, são inúmeras as pesquisas que, constantemente, privilegiam relações bilaterais ou multilaterais dentro do Sul Global de língua oficial portuguesa (actividades da CPLP ou dos vários governos nacionais), evitando tratar de assuntos incómodos, tais como a questão LGBTQAI+ nos PALOP, ou o fracasso de muitos dos países de língua oficial portuguesa, sobretudo africanos, na protecção dos direitos humanos dos seus cidadãos ou da população migrante. Daí, a nossa exigência de criar esta ponte intelectual de universos epistemológicos, históricos, sociológicos entre os dois lados do Atlântico e do Índico africano, cujas conexões são, hoje, mais do que nunca actuais e vivas. Os artigos apresentados neste número partilham esta inspiração de fundo: com efeito, eles propõem uma abordagem endógena no tratamento dos assuntos, desenvolvidos mediante paradigmas relacionados com as duas grandes áreas dos movimentos sociais e dos direitos humanos, aqui privil…
creator: Luca Bussotti
creator: Redy Wilson Lima
creator: Remo Mutzenberg
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5881

1b - Introduction: New Approaches to Social Movements and Human Rights
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description: The project that led to this issue emerged in Recife, during the 3rd Conference on Activism in Africa, held in September 2021 in online format owing to restrictions related to the pandemic. The three organisers of this issue took part in the conference, co-ordinating panels and proposing papers along the theme of social movements and their demands in the defence of human rights. In the process they identified the fundamental axes for building an intellectual link and civic commitment between Africa and Brazil. Therefore, in 2024 we decided to organise a special issue on topics re- lated to the Portuguese-speaking global South. We were keenly aware that this would be a challenge, for several reasons. First, scientific production in the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) is still below par. Second, we wanted to go beyond the generally institutional representations of these countries, including studies on the Afro-Brazilian reality. There are numerous studies on bilateral or multilateral relations within the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the activities of various national governments. However, they avoid uncomfortable subjects such as LGBTQAI+ in the PALOP or the failure of many Portuguese-speaking countries, especially in Africa, to protect the human rights of their citizens or migrant populations. This is the context for our effort to create this intellectual link between the epistemological, historical and sociological universes on both sides of the Atlantic and the African Indian Ocean, the connections between which are more alive today than ever before. The articles presented in this issue share this underlying inspiration: they propose an inward-looking approach to endogenous issues, developed through paradigms related to the two major areas of social movements and human rights featured here, but with an innovative, original and even un- precedented perspective. This perspective is of the global peripheralisation of the Portugue…
creator: Luca Bussotti
creator: Redy Wilson Lima
creator: Remo Mutzenberg
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5882

1c - Introduction: Nouvelles approches aux mouvements sociaux et aux droits de l'homme
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description: Le projet qui a abouti à ce numéro a vu le jour à Recife, à l’occasion de la 3e Conférence sur l’Activisme en Afrique, qui s’est tenue en ligne en septembre 2021, en raison des restrictions causées par la pandémie. Les trois rédacteurs invités de ce numéro ont participé à la conférence, coordonné des panels et ont proposé des communications dans le thème des mouvements sociaux et de leurs revendications et dans la défense des droits de l’homme. Dans le processus, ils ont identifité les axes fondamentaux pour la construction d’un pont intellectuel et d’un engagement civique entre l’Afrique et le Brésil. Par conséquent, en 2024, nous avons décidé de coordonner un numéro spécial sur des sujets liés au Sud lusophone, conscients qu’il s’agissait d’un défi. Tout d’abord, la production scientifique dans les pays africains de langue portugaise (PALOP) est encore en deçà de ce qui est souhaité ; en- suite, nous sommes allés un peu au-delà des représentations généralement institutionnelles qui sont projetées vers l’extérieur de ces pays, y compris les études sur la réalité afro-brésilienne. Il existe d’innombrables études qui privilégient constamment les relations bilatérales ou multilatérales au sein de La Communauté des pays de langue portugaise (CPLP) et des activités de la des différents gouvernements nationaux.tout en évitant d’aborder des sujets inconfortables tels que la question LGBTQAI+ dans le PALOP, ou l’échec de nombreux pays lusophones, en particulier africains, à protéger les droits de l’homme de leurs citoyens ou de leurs populations migrantes. D’où la nécessité de créer ce pont intellectuel entre les univers épistémologiques, historiques et sociologiques des deux rives de l’Atlantique et de l’océan Indien africain, dont les connexions sont plus actuelles et vivantes aujourd’hui que jamais. Les articles dans ce numéro partagent cette inspiration sous-jacente : ils proposent une approche des questions endogènes tournée vers l’intérieur, développée à travers des …
creator: Luca Bussotti
creator: Redy Wilson Lima
creator: Remo Mutzenberg
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5883

2 - Vivência em ‘‘Epistemologias Negras’’
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description: This article analyses the pedagogical experiences in the “Black Epistemologies” course at the Department of Anthropology and Museology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). The main objective is to present Afro- referenced narratives from faculty members about the challenges of teaching black authors and authors who have historically been made invisible in the Social Sciences. These narratives are associated with the concepts of the Racial Device, Racism, Sexism and the White Self Ideal. The main techniques of this qualitative research were participants observation and writing. It is concluded that the “Black Epistemologies” course played a central role in the development of critical thinking among students and educators.
creator: Luís Soares
creator: Rayza Silva
creator: Ana Cláudia Rodrigues da Silva
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5884

3 - Possibilidades e limites ao exercício da Liberdade Sindical em Cabo Verde de 1975 a 2014
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description: This article, which is based on qualitative research carried out in Cape Verde, aims to analyze whether there is a possible contradiction in the Cape Verdean labor market, between the legal and institutional conditions that facilitate the exercise of freedom of union and some social and political practices that limit them and are imposed on unions and workers by successive governments and companies. The situations that limit the exercise of freedom of association contribute to the reduction of the socioeconomic security of Cape Verdean workers, who face, in many moments and contexts work, situations of precariousness and informality, combined with the possibility of losing their jobs, in a context in which the unemployment level, especially in youth, is high.
creator: Osvaldo de Carvalho Cruz
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date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5885

4 - A proteção social básica como direito humano
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description: This article draws attention to the course of the different dynamics invested in the social protection system, as a fundamental and internationally recognized right: life, health, education, work, housing, healthy environment, among others, with a view to sustainable development in nations. Through an exploratory and descriptive research, the article aims to bring a critical approach to the Mozambican social protection system, where, initially, we perceive social protection as a model based on the mutual recognition of the other as a social being and endowed with rights, where neighbourhood networks, kinship and/or even small social groups, share the philosophy of sharing and/or mutual help (exchange of goods and services). This social protection system, although informal, ensured in Mozambique, over several years, some social and economic stability for families, particularly those in need. In another aspect, we will approach social protection as an inalienable right, in which the governance, in its mission, has the entire responsibility of guaranteeing the full enjoyment of the resources and opportunities that will allow the individual to develop capacities and skills in view of social well-being. In conclusion, we will have an overview of the efforts that the Mozambican State, within the scope of international agreements, undertakes for a more effective and understanding social protection.
creator: Maria Elvira Carlos Chipe
creator: Rosana Albuquerque
creator: Maria José Núncio
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5886

5 - Uma longa ambiguidade
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description: This text aims to address civil associations in Mozambique, focusing on Lambda, an organization founded in 2006, which fights for the defense and recognition of the rights of sexual minorities at the national level. Mozambique decriminalized homosexuality in 2014 and is cited as one of the few tolerant African contexts towards homosexuality. However, Lambda has had a legalisation process pending since 2006, a circumstance that signals an ambiguous stance on the government side towards sexual minorities. The researcher used a qualitative approach, relying on semi- structured interviews with key witnesses and the direct experience of the researcher. It was concluded that associations in Mozambique face major challenges. In the case of Lambda, such elements are even more pronounced, as members of sexual minorities lack acceptance from society and the government, including families who prefer to expel their members, rather than understand and accept their sexual orientation.
creator: Laura António Nhaueleque
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5887

6 - Organizações da Sociedade Civil em Moçambique
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description: Mozambican civil society has experienced a not always linear evolution, since it began to strengthen itself in the early 1990s. The dependence, not only financially, but also programmatically and managerially of most such organizations, squeezed between government pressure and the demands of international donors, has been the hallmark. The result was that only a few organizations were able to evolve, having their own agenda, competent staff and constant funds that would allow medium- and long-term programming of their actions with local communities. In most cases, national civil society organizations remained weak, with a clear skills deficit and therefore dependent on donors, usually international ones. This article seeks to report research that was carried out in Mozambique with three main subjects: international donors, national NGOs and other national entities like foundations, that serve as collectors of donor funds, and grassroots organizations, which represent the ultimate beneficiaries of the funds. Through a qualitative approach, based essentially on interviews with key informants, the result was that the tripartite mechanism implemented in Mozambique is limited, fostering the dependence of civil society organizations rather than inducing them to change and evolve towards greater quality and stability, not only of a financial kind.
creator: Ernesto Nhatsumbo
creator: Luca Bussotti
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5888

7 - Dinâmicas dos movimentos juvenis’
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description: This article examines the protest actions they have triggered by the so- called revús with a view to bringing about social change. The article seeks to understand and describe the relevance of these actions, the type of demands raised, as well as the articulation established at local and national level because of expressions, aspirations, wills, political and social struggles against the authoritarian Angolan political culture. The article essentially discusses two pre-election protests held in Luanda on symbolic dates and three expressive movements, two before and one during the electoral period, which initially emerged on social networks. The text focuses on analyzing the social impact of these events, especially among young Angolans.
creator: Gilson Lazaro
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5889

AD, Volume 49, n° 3, 2024 - Full Issue
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description: Sumário/ Contents Apresentação : Novas abordagens sobre Movimentos Sociais e Direitos Humanos Luca Bussotti, Redy Wilson Lima, Remo Mutzenberg..........................................................................................1 Introduction: New Approaches to Social Movements and Human Rights Luca Bussotti, Redy Wilson Lima, Remo Mutzenberg..........................................................................................7 Introduction: Nouvelles approches aux mouvements sociaux et aux droits de l'homme Luca Bussotti, Redy Wilson Lima, Remo Mutzenberg......................................................................................13 Vivência em ‘‘Epistemologias Negras’’: desafios e perspectivas no ensino de Ciências Sociais na Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) Luís Soares, Rayza Silva & Ana Cláudia Rodrigues da Silva.................................................................19 Possibilidades e limites ao exercício da Liberdade Sindical em Cabo Verde de 1975 a 2014 Osvaldo de Carvalho Cruz................................................................................................................................................................37 A proteção social básica como direito humano: um olhar sobre Moçambique Maria Elvira Carlos Chipe, Rosana Albuquerque & Maria José Núncio........................... 65 Uma longa ambiguidade: minorias sexuais em Moçambique entre tolerância e marginalização Laura António Nhaueleque..............................................................................................................................................................79 Organizações da Sociedade Civil em Moçambique: sustentabilidade, dependência, imposição Ernesto Nhatsumbo & Luca Bussotti .............................................................................................................105 Dinâmicas dos movimentos juvenis’: protestos nas ruas e contestações nas redes sociais em Angola Gilson Lazaro................…
creator: Journal System
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Africa Development
date: 2025-03-05
publication date: 2025-03-05
volume: 49
number: 3
doi: 10.57054/ad.v49i3.5890