Atribuição de nomes aos bairros na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

In ancient times, the organization of peoples was different from what we see today. For example, the Tsonga people lived socially organized in tribes divided into small clans. These societies obeyed certain rules that governed these communities. These communities were made up of people belonging to the same family or who at least had a common ancestor or degree of kinship. Nowadays, this organization no longer exists, especially in large urban centers such as Maputo City. Perhaps due to contact with Western customs or the logic of evolution itself. But even so, we can see the traces of this type of organization through some names that are still evident in the designation of neighbourhoods that belong to a certain group of the same lineage, the name of which has been established for the name of the area/locality. One example is the land of the Tembes, called Ka Tembe, which is still called Catembe today, despite the transformation into Portuguese. With the invasion of the Portuguese, things changed and even the culture of the people underwent some transformations in terms of social organization. During this period, names were no longer given by the natives, but by foreigners who had taken possession of the land.