Transformações sociais, estratégias de desenvolvimento e realidades sócio-económicas e culturais: o caso do Distrito de Mueda, 1917 -1992

Abstract

Our work focuses on social transformations in the District of Mueda between 1917 and 1992 and presents an analysis of the strategy of development projects carried out after 1975. It consists of five chapters divided in turn into sub-chapters. The first chapter corresponds to the introductory part; the second concerns the geography of the district; the third describes the transformations in the District of Mueda (1917-1992). The fourth chapter deals with development projects and their beneficiaries; the fifth and last chapter corresponds to the conclusion of the work, followed by bibliography and sources and glossary. This study is the result of a personal investigation based on the reading and interpretation of various documentation related to the topic, as well as on the direct collection of oral sources. It aims to analyze Mueda's socio-economic development process, characterized by socio-political and economic changes. The colonial occupation carried out in 1917, brought changes in the social and economic structure of the region, such as breaking the lineage power of the local traditional chiefs, mandatory work and payment of taxes, migratory work, social differentiation, forced cotton cultivation and production for the colonial market. The period of armed struggle for national liberation (1964-1974) resulted in a new structure of settlement and distribution of political power. From 1975 onwards, development projects related to water supply, reforestation and agricultural development and marketing began. As a result of this investigation, I came to the conclusion that the development strategies initiated in the region in the post-independence period with the support of foreign NGOs, were not well inserted in the socio-economic and cultural structure of the region. This should be seen as one of the causes of the failure of socio-economic development projects invested in the region (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)