Remembering the Liberation Struggles in Cape Verde

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
List of Figures
Introduction: The Liberation Struggle as a Mnemonic Device
	Notes
	Bibliography
1. The Struggle as the Cradle of the Independent Nation
	Building the Nation State and the centrality of the struggle
	The “return to Africa” through music
	The end of the union with Guinea-Bissau and its impacts
	Recalibrating memory
	Between two ruptures
	Notes
	Bibliography
2. The Struggle in the Mnemonic Transition
	The political transition: causes and processes
	The return of removed images
	A new paradigm of remembrance
	The change in national symbols
	The mnemonic transition: reasons and circumstances
	Notes
	Bibliography
3. The Struggle and the Image of the Combatant
	Constructing the liberation struggle combatant
	Public recognition and political disputes
	The diversification of the image of the “combatant”
	A composite memorial framework
	Notes
	Bibliography
4. The Struggle and Cabral’s Afterlives
	Crossroads of memory
	Questioning Cabral
	Alternative representations
	The new heirs: Protest and appropriations
	Notes
	Bibliography
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index