RESENHA “A GUERRA CIVIL EM ANGOLA, 1975-2002” DE JUSTIN PEARCE

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RESENHA “A GUERRA CIVIL EM ANGOLA, 1975-2002” DE JUSTIN PEARCE

Journal Title: Brazilian Journal of African Studies - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 5

Abstract

A guerra civil em Angola, 1975-20023, as was the book published on April 2017 in Portugal by the South-African journalist and researcher Justin Pearce, whose original edition in English presents a diametrically opposed title – Political identity and conflict in Central Angola, 1975-2002 with double edition in United States of America and in South Africa by the Cambridge University Press. The translation published two years later is interesting to the Portuguese-speaking reader and makes for a pleasant read. The book cover is ostensive, featuring a vibrant red that seeks to antagonize the black rooster symbol of UNITA and the black and yellow star symbol of MPLA. In this edition, differing from the original, the black and yellow star overlaps the black rooster. Its purpose has not gone unnoticed, because the book cover and the gesture of overlapping the political symbols of the two rival movements, besides the colors and title, seems to clash with the content. The book is the result of some dozens interviews of the author in the Central Plateau of Angola region, with its notably unpretentious original edition featuring on the cover the photography of a former fighter of UNITA in an ex-military area situated in the Bié province, whilst the back cover brings comments of reputable academics of Angola topics4.

Authors and Affiliations

Gilson Lázaro

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RESENHA “A GUERRA CIVIL EM ANGOLA

EP ID EP39416
DOI https://doi.org/10.22456/2448-3923.81394
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