Uma história de regressos: império, Guerra Colonial e pós-colonialismo

"This book suggests a symbolic reading of Portugal´s relationship with its African empire. It draws extensively upon literary and political texts of the 19th and 20th centuries. This volume is broken down into four stages: Identity, image of empire in the Portuguese political and literary imaginary; the yearning for the empire; the long epitaph for imperial nation in the literature during the Estado Novo (New State); continuity, rupture and transformation of the idea of empire in the Portuguese narratives of the Colonial War, in the aftermath of the 25th April 1974 revolution in Portugal. Of particular import are the works of António Lobo Antunes, João de Melo, Manuel Alegre and Lídia Jorge. The book engages Boaventura de Sousa Santos´ concept of "imagination of the centre" and Eduardo Lourenço´s works on Portuguese identity. It also adopts the classic translatio imperii, and a post-colonial approach.  The culmination of these notions gave birth to the idea for the book: «the empire as the imagination of the centre."

África no feminino: as mulheres portuguesas e a Guerra Colonia

"África no Feminino immerses the memory of the Colonial War (1961-1974). This study distinguishes the testimonies of Portuguese women. It explores the lived experiences of women who accompanied their husbands in three war fronts. These women´s first-hand account of the War, reveal the existence of a plurality of positions, memories and reasons given for the War, including other experiences of the post-war period, not often contemplated in a study of this nature. The myriad testimonies point us to view these women as historical subjects of the Colonial War. The adoption of an ethical recognition and a responsible solidarity capable of generating a more balanced collective cultural memory of the Colonial War is integral to this proposal."

Geometrias da Memória: configurações pós-coloniais António Sousa Ribeiro | Margarida Calafate Ribeiro (ed.)

Geometrias da Memória: configurações pós-coloniais brings together a number of essays which, from different perspectives and positioning themselves at the intersection of different disciplines, approach topics that are relevant for an analysis of the way in which past constellations, in particular coming from a colonial past, project themselves into the present so as to condition this present in decisive aspects: in the way of conceiving the relationship with the other, in the architecture of power relations, in the persistence of forms of violence, in the dynamics through which the political and cultural field struggles to articulate a reflection aimed at the construction of a future which is not merely a repetition of the past. All essays have in common the standpoint of the contemporary: the different historical contexts and different cases under analysis were chosen from the point of view of their relevance for a present which is conceived, not as mere actuality, but as a dense temporality defined by tensions that can only be understood under a long-term perspective.

Antologia da memória poética da Guerra Colonial

2011 | Porto: Afrontamento "The Anthology of the Poetic Memory of the Colonial War consists of approximately 350 poems.
This collection considers the works of consecrated poets who experienced or were inspired by the Colonial War. It displays a number of poems originally distributed in regional newspapers, magazines, military publications or in unheralded author editions.  A significant number of women writers also feature in the anthology.
The traditional western cartographies of macro-themes-images, normally found embedded in war poems, are evident in this collection. The notions of Departures and Returns, Quotidian, Death, Memory of War, Thinking the War, Songbook are also visible. Two specific themes of the Colonial War are sketched: "Reconciling with War" and "The Duty of War." We conclude with two poems in the section "Ainda" (Still) which underpin the permanence of the War in the Portuguese imaginary. Dividing the sections of the anthology is another ´text´, demonstrating the artistic works of Manuel Botelho from his main work on the Colonial War `Confidential and Declassified´, in the series ´Ration of Combat´."

Atlântico periferico: il postcolonialismo portoghese e il sistema mondiale

Atlântico periferico: il postcolonialismo portoghese e il sistema mondiale employs a global counter-hegemonic approach against neoliberal globalization. It purports that it is possible to reflect upon the world from Portugal´s perspective. It takes account of Portugal´s universal precociousness that enabled it to become one of the first actors to operate on a global scale.  Portugal´s experience in the world enables critical reflection for thinking and imaging new and different worlds, using the texts of Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Maria Irene Ramalho, António Sousa Ribeiro, Margarida Calafate Ribeiro, Roberto Vecchi and Vincenzo Russo.

Fantasmas e fantasias imperiais no imaginário português contemporâneo

"Fantasmas e fantasias imperiais no imaginário português contemporâneo convene a set of texts that contemplate the Portuguese post-colonial imaginary. They draw on post-colonial studies, markedly Anglo-Saxon. The focus is Portuguese Imperialism. Using the texts of Eduardo Lourenço, António Sousa Ribeiro, Jo Labanyi, Francisco Bethencourt, Maria Manuel Lisboa, Luís de Sousa Rebelo, Paulo de Medeiros, David Brookshaw, Hilary Owen, Phillip Rothwell, Roberto Vecchi, David Jackson, Cristiana Bastos and AbdoolKarim Vakil, the book makes important contributions to this reflection. With an analysis of literary historiography and artistic works, the 20th century and, particularly, the period following the 25th April 1974, delineate the dreams and ghosts that linger the idea of empire."

Memória, Cidade e Literatura: De São Paulo de Assunção de Loanda a Luuanda, de Lourenço Marques a Maputo Margarida Calafate Ribeiro | Francisco Noa (orgs.)

"Every city contains its history. Luanda and Maputo are no different. Luanda, facing the Atlantic, reveals Western influence in its Luso-Brazilian architecture. Maputo, facing the Indian Ocean, boasts the mix of Africa, Portugal an Asia. The world of these cities is particularly mixed: pluralities and diversities that involve beings, objects, temporalities and spaces are intertwined. The archaic occurs with the modern; progress with backwardness. Political moments crash into one another. All stake claims to historical attention: the precolonial era, coastal settlement, modern colonialism, independence, postcolonialism, post-war and actuality."

Des-cobrir a Europa - Filhos de Impérios e Pós-memórias Europeias

Des-cobrir a Europa - Filhos de Impérios e Pós-memórias Europeias revela-nos as memórias intergeracionais de filhos daqueles que viveram os dias finais do colonialismo e das lutas pela independência de territórios colonizados por Portugal, França e Bélgica. Neste arquivo de pós- memória, ecoam histórias de Angola, Moçambique, Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Cabo Verde, Argélia e Congo, através das palavras de trinta e sete cidadãs e cidadãos europeus, cujas narrativas e reflexões interrogam esse passado, as suas sombras e os seus silêncios, mas também exprimem as suas alegrias e realizações, no presente europeu. A partir destes registos pessoais, podemos seguir os fios que ligam as relações coloniais de outrora aos fenómenos contemporâneos das migrações, da nostalgia, do racismo, da discriminação ou da hipocrisia política das relações entre as antigas metrópoles colonizadoras e as antigas colónias. Por isso, são abordadas questões como cidadania, pertença, herança, mas também reparação, restituição e denúncia, gerando uma dialética intergeracional complexa e nova que recusa a prossecução da retraumatização, ao mesmo tempo que rejeita as lógicas do esquecimento.

São olhares atentos a outros lados da história, necessariamente subjetivos e plenos de experiências alheias, geradoras de múltiplos laços afetivos, familiares e políticos, que contribuem para iluminar e compreender o presente europeu e as ligações entre Europa e África. A fechar, um texto do escritor português Paulo Faria, que nos desafia para novas constelações de memórias europeias e sugere outras interrogações.

Enfants d'Empires coloniaux et postmémoires européennes

Enfants d’Empires coloniaux et postmémoires européennes révèle les souvenirs intergénérationnels des enfants de ceux qui ont vécu les derniers jours du colonialisme et les luttes pour l'indépendance dans les territoires colonisés par la Belgique, la France et le Portugal. Dans ce recueil de postmémoires, des récits d’Algérie, du Congo, d'Angola, du Cap-Vert, de Guinée-Bissau, du Mozambique et de São Tomé-et-Príncipe résonnent à travers les mots de trente-sept citoyen(ne)s européen(ne)s, dont les histoires et les réflexions interrogent ce passé, ses ombres et ses silences, mais expriment aussi ses joies et ses accomplissements dans le présent européen. À partir de ces mémoires personnelles, nous pouvons tisser les fils qui associent les relations coloniales du passé aux phénomènes contemporains de migrations, de nostalgie, de racisme, de discrimination ou d'hypocrisie politique des relations entre les anciennes métropoles colonisatrices et les anciennes colonies. Dès lors, des questions telles que la citoyenneté, l'appartenance, l'héritage, mais aussi la réparation, la restitution et la dénonciation sont abordées, produisant une dialectique intergénérationnelle complexe et nouvelle qui refuse de poursuivre la retraumatisation, tout en rejetant les logiques de l'oubli. Ce sont des regards attentifs sur d'autres versants de l'histoire, forcément subjectifs et riches du vécu des autres, générateurs de multiples liens affectifs, familiaux et politiques, qui contribuent à éclairer et à comprendre le présent européen et les liens entre l'Europe et l'Afrique.
Pour finir, un texte de l'écrivain portugais Paulo Faria nous interpelle vers de nouvelles constellations de mémoires européennes et suggère d'autres questions.

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