Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, O Trabalho Dignifica o Homem : Estratégias de Sobrevivência em Luanda

Even within the broader context of large scale and rapid urbanization throughout early twenty-first century Africa, Angola’s concentration of population in and around Luanda is extraordinary. Both Luanda and Maputo absorbed war-affected and displaced populations in the decades following independence in 1975, straining urban infrastructure that was basically designed for settler elites. Although no one is really sure exactly how many people live in Luanda, or even what territory should today b..

Ana Bénard da Costa, O Preço da Sombra. Sobrevivência e reprodução social entre famílias de Maputo

Making a life and a livelihood in Southern Mozambique has never been a particularly easy proposition – cyclical drought, flooding, and windstorms complicated agro-pastoral endeavors. Competition for land and market, service and job opportunities with politically privileged insiders and better skilled and capitalized outsiders meant people always had to have, at the very least, a ‘Plan B’. In the 1980s when armed violence combined with a killer drought to harrow the region, many people who had..

Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, O Trabalho Dignifica o Homem : Estratégias de Sobrevivência em Luanda

Even within the broader context of large scale and rapid urbanization throughout early twenty-first century Africa, Angola’s concentration of population in and around Luanda is extraordinary. Both Luanda and Maputo absorbed war-affected and displaced populations in the decades following independence in 1975, straining urban infrastructure that was basically designed for settler elites. Although no one is really sure exactly how many people live in Luanda, or even what territory should today b..

Press, Photography and People. Learning from Jill R. Dias

Remembering Jill & Alberto Dias Memorial meditations should focus on the person we miss and mourn, but inevitably they are as much about us as they are about them. I knew only a tiny part of Jill Dias’s life and labors, and can only share with you what continues to live with me. I clearly remember the day I first saw Jill. It was November of 1976 at the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino. I cringe to recall that I had a nasty cold, but was so determined to take advantage of every minute the Arquiv..