Portuguese Colonialism and Islam - 9781789761917

Portuguese Colonialism and IslamMozambique and Guinea, 1930 1974: From Repression to Religious Seduction\nAuthor(s): Mrio Artur Machaqueiro\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781789761917, 978-1789761917\nSynopsis\nIn Mozambique and Guinea, the Portuguese colonial administration had to deal with Muslim\ncommunities of significant population expression and whose internal cultural differentiations\npresented a complexity to which the administrative power was often unprepared. The exercise of\nthis governance, with all the variations that characterized it, extended throughout the period that\nthe colonial project lasted, from the phase of effective military occupation, in the transition from\nthe nineteenth to the twentieth century, until the end of the colonial wars in 1974.\nIn this chronological segment, Portuguese Colonialism and Islam seeks to address the\ncircumstances of the colonial governance.