Posicionamento dos chefes tradicionais e o comportamento da sua autoridade perante o poder político central no distrito de Marracuene

Abstract

This study intends to offer a perspective of analysis and interpretation of the behavior of the traditional authority in relation to the Central political power. The main body of the work consists of four chapters which include the following: a) In the first part, chapter I, concerning the introduction, we seek to critically approach the positions of certain authors who focus on the problem of traditional authority/power. Also, we advance some of our views on the issue, especially with regard to its relationship with the power of the State. b) In chapter II, we present the aspects of physical and human geography, and the commented and illustrated description of the daily life of colonial administrators in the period 1940-1960, with regard to their working relationship with traditional chiefs, commonly known as regedores, in what is described as an indirect form of administration. c) In the third part, chapters III and IV, we present a picture of the various forms of appointment and succession of traditional chiefs, as well as the processes of legitimation of the Mabzhaya lineage in the district of Marracuene. d) A fourth part, chapters V and VI, covers the period 1975-1994. In this period, the role of traditional chiefs did not appear in the new model of political and territorial administration. However, because they are a socio-cultural institution rooted in communities, they functioned informally, assuming themselves as “A power in the shadows”. At present there is little doubt about who are the legitimate representatives of traditional power. Finally, in the conclusion and in the recommendations, we suggest questions for further study and procedures that could contribute to the desired cohabitation between the values ​​of the traditional and modern world (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)