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I f&i/A&Ac C H*»dL/i*e m THE DEVELOPMENT OP NATIONALISM IN MO/gAMBlQUE • Mozambican nationalism, like practically all African nationalism, was born out of direct European colonialism. Mozambique's most specific source of national unity is the common experience (in suffering) of the people during the last one hundred years of Portuguese colonialist control. In order to understand the development of Mozambique nationalism, we have to study the main stages of development of Portuguese colonialism in our country and note the reaction of the people to these. Before I outline these stages of the development of Portuguese colonialism and their relationship to the rise of nationalism, I wish to present a definition of nationalism. By nationalism I mean "a consciousness on the part of individuals or groups of membership in a nation or of a desire to develop the strength, liberty or prosperity of that nation.n (The ChathaiLHouse RepWt, Royal Institute^of^ International Affairs, 1939)• The above definition applies to nationalism in all circumstances or stages of development of any people. For instance, it might apply to European nationalism as a continental phenomenon, or French, American, Russian, Chinese, Brazilian, etc. nationalisms as expressions of the aspirations of given ethnic or national entities. The African context in which Mozambican nationalism finds expression might require further refinement of the definition offered above. In view of the recent historical circumstances which affected the lives of the various people within the continent of Africa, it is necessary to add that African nationalism is also characterised by the development of attitudes, activities and more or less structured programmes aimed at the mobilisation of forces for the attainment of self-government and independence. In the specific case of Mozambique, shared by all Portuguese colonies in Africa and possibly by all other remaining peoples yet to be free, these attitudes, activities and structured programmes have to include the establishment of military or paramilitary schemes for the final showdown before the actual attainment of independence can be assured. If you could bear with me for a few more seconds in connexion with these preliminary remarks, I should like to sum up the definition of nationalism offered above in the following manner: a) a consciousness on the part of individuals or groups of membership in a nation - in our case, Mozambique
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Full text | I f&i/A&Ac C H*»dL/i*e m THE DEVELOPMENT OP NATIONALISM IN MO/gAMBlQUE • Mozambican nationalism, like practically all African nationalism, was born out of direct European colonialism. Mozambique's most specific source of national unity is the common experience (in suffering) of the people during the last one hundred years of Portuguese colonialist control. In order to understand the development of Mozambique nationalism, we have to study the main stages of development of Portuguese colonialism in our country and note the reaction of the people to these. Before I outline these stages of the development of Portuguese colonialism and their relationship to the rise of nationalism, I wish to present a definition of nationalism. By nationalism I mean "a consciousness on the part of individuals or groups of membership in a nation or of a desire to develop the strength, liberty or prosperity of that nation.n (The ChathaiLHouse RepWt, Royal Institute^of^ International Affairs, 1939)• The above definition applies to nationalism in all circumstances or stages of development of any people. For instance, it might apply to European nationalism as a continental phenomenon, or French, American, Russian, Chinese, Brazilian, etc. nationalisms as expressions of the aspirations of given ethnic or national entities. The African context in which Mozambican nationalism finds expression might require further refinement of the definition offered above. In view of the recent historical circumstances which affected the lives of the various people within the continent of Africa, it is necessary to add that African nationalism is also characterised by the development of attitudes, activities and more or less structured programmes aimed at the mobilisation of forces for the attainment of self-government and independence. In the specific case of Mozambique, shared by all Portuguese colonies in Africa and possibly by all other remaining peoples yet to be free, these attitudes, activities and structured programmes have to include the establishment of military or paramilitary schemes for the final showdown before the actual attainment of independence can be assured. If you could bear with me for a few more seconds in connexion with these preliminary remarks, I should like to sum up the definition of nationalism offered above in the following manner: a) a consciousness on the part of individuals or groups of membership in a nation - in our case, Mozambique |
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