Goods or food?

Plantation and counterplantation in late colonialism in Mozambique

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https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-6644.20240036

Abstract

Crops in Mozambique competed for land with increasing intensity in the mid-20th century. Portuguese colonialism operated towards the implementation of monocultures in order to supply the economy of the metropolis amid anti-colonial pressures. Meanwhile, plants that had long been used by local communities, such as cashews, peanuts and cassava – brought from South America – had their nutritional and symbolic relevance preserved in efforts against capitalist plantation hegemony.

Author Biography

  • Caio Fabiano Lopes do Valle Souza (USP), University of São Paulo

    PhD candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Social History at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences (FFLCH), Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Scholarship from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel Foundation (CAPES). History teacher in a São Paulo public school.

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Published

2024-10-31

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): Alimentação e abastecimento no mundo Luso-brasileiro (séculos XVI-XXI)

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Dossiê | Special Issue | Dossier

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