Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2023 |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | por |
Título da fonte: | Afro-Ásia (Online) |
Texto Completo: | https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/53543 |
Resumo: | In Angola, in the narratives about the war of independence, there is a common recognition that ordinary women contributed to the anti-colonial struggle, highlighting the countless activities and tasks carried out by these women in the war of national liberation. In this sense, based on oral testimonies and military sources, this article highlights the role of women, based on the work carried out in the liberated zones, in their maintenance and sustainability, and outside these zones, in specific actions, in the different provinces of Angola. I argue that a group of anonymous women, many of them peasants, maintained an “anti-colonial economy”, seeking to maintain a certain autonomy for the struggle, independent of the Portuguese administration. In view of this, I believe that they should be considered “guerrillas” and not just “combatants”, in order to call into question the secondary position to which they were relegated by historiography and by subsequent narratives about the war of liberation. |
id |
UFBA-9_7f6742e79df7f3d771eb1e7c230d5f24 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/53543 |
network_acronym_str |
UFBA-9 |
network_name_str |
Afro-Ásia (Online) |
repository_id_str |
|
spelling |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial StruggleNa cobertura da retaguarda : mulheres angolanas na luta anticolonialAngolaWomenWar economyLogistical workEconomic activitiesAngolaMulheresEconomia de guerraTrabalho logísticoAtividades econômicasIn Angola, in the narratives about the war of independence, there is a common recognition that ordinary women contributed to the anti-colonial struggle, highlighting the countless activities and tasks carried out by these women in the war of national liberation. In this sense, based on oral testimonies and military sources, this article highlights the role of women, based on the work carried out in the liberated zones, in their maintenance and sustainability, and outside these zones, in specific actions, in the different provinces of Angola. I argue that a group of anonymous women, many of them peasants, maintained an “anti-colonial economy”, seeking to maintain a certain autonomy for the struggle, independent of the Portuguese administration. In view of this, I believe that they should be considered “guerrillas” and not just “combatants”, in order to call into question the secondary position to which they were relegated by historiography and by subsequent narratives about the war of liberation.Em Angola, nas narrativas sobre a guerra de independência, é corrente o reconhecimento de que mulheres comuns contribuíram na luta anticolonial, ressaltando-se as inúmeras atividades e tarefas desenvolvidas por essas mulheres na guerra de libertação nacional. Neste sentido, com base em depoimentos orais e fontes militares, este artigo acentua a atuação de mulheres, a partir dos trabalhos realizados nas zonas libertadas, em sua manutenção e sustentabilidade, e fora dessas zonas, em atuações específicas, nas diferentes províncias de Angola. Argumento que um conjunto de mulheres anônimas, muitas delas camponesas, mantiveram uma “economia anticolonial”, buscando manter certa autonomia para a luta, independente da administração portuguesa. Em vista disso, acredito que elas devem ser consideradas “guerrilheiras” e não apenas “combatentes”, de modo a colocar em questão a secundarização a que foram relegadas pela historiografia e pelas narra tivas posteriores sobre a guerra de libertação.UFBA2023-12-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionDouble-blid peer-reviewed articleArtigo avaliado por pares em regime de duplo anonimatoapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/5354310.9771/aa.v0i68.53543Afro-Ásia; No. 68 (2023); 252-294Afro-Ásia; n. 68 (2023); 252-2941981-14110002-0591reponame:Afro-Ásia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)instacron:UFBAporhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/53543/31267Copyright (c) 2024 Dayane Augusta Santos da Silvahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva, Dayane Augusta Santos da2024-01-20T17:14:32Zoai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/53543Revistahttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasiaPUBhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/oaiafroasia@ufba.br1981-14110002-0591opendoar:2024-01-20T17:14:32Afro-Ásia (Online) - Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)false |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle Na cobertura da retaguarda : mulheres angolanas na luta anticolonial |
title |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle |
spellingShingle |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle Silva, Dayane Augusta Santos da Angola Women War economy Logistical work Economic activities Angola Mulheres Economia de guerra Trabalho logístico Atividades econômicas |
title_short |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle |
title_full |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle |
title_fullStr |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle |
title_full_unstemmed |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle |
title_sort |
Protecting the Rear Guard: Angolan Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle |
author |
Silva, Dayane Augusta Santos da |
author_facet |
Silva, Dayane Augusta Santos da |
author_role |
author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Silva, Dayane Augusta Santos da |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Angola Women War economy Logistical work Economic activities Angola Mulheres Economia de guerra Trabalho logístico Atividades econômicas |
topic |
Angola Women War economy Logistical work Economic activities Angola Mulheres Economia de guerra Trabalho logístico Atividades econômicas |
description |
In Angola, in the narratives about the war of independence, there is a common recognition that ordinary women contributed to the anti-colonial struggle, highlighting the countless activities and tasks carried out by these women in the war of national liberation. In this sense, based on oral testimonies and military sources, this article highlights the role of women, based on the work carried out in the liberated zones, in their maintenance and sustainability, and outside these zones, in specific actions, in the different provinces of Angola. I argue that a group of anonymous women, many of them peasants, maintained an “anti-colonial economy”, seeking to maintain a certain autonomy for the struggle, independent of the Portuguese administration. In view of this, I believe that they should be considered “guerrillas” and not just “combatants”, in order to call into question the secondary position to which they were relegated by historiography and by subsequent narratives about the war of liberation. |
publishDate |
2023 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2023-12-31 |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Double-blid peer-reviewed article Artigo avaliado por pares em regime de duplo anonimato |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/53543 10.9771/aa.v0i68.53543 |
url |
https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/53543 |
identifier_str_mv |
10.9771/aa.v0i68.53543 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
por |
language |
por |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/53543/31267 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
Copyright (c) 2024 Dayane Augusta Santos da Silva https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
rights_invalid_str_mv |
Copyright (c) 2024 Dayane Augusta Santos da Silva https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
UFBA |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
UFBA |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
Afro-Ásia; No. 68 (2023); 252-294 Afro-Ásia; n. 68 (2023); 252-294 1981-1411 0002-0591 reponame:Afro-Ásia (Online) instname:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) instacron:UFBA |
instname_str |
Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) |
instacron_str |
UFBA |
institution |
UFBA |
reponame_str |
Afro-Ásia (Online) |
collection |
Afro-Ásia (Online) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Afro-Ásia (Online) - Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
afroasia@ufba.br |
_version_ |
1799318937575358464 |