A identidade cultural no projeto de construção da nação moçambicana, 1975-1990 : o caso do distrito de Marromeu

Abstract

The objective of this research project is, starting from a transversal reading of several socio-historical contexts referred to in the bibliography, to analyze the way in which the cultural identity of the different ethnolinguistic groups was considered vis-à-vis the process of building a nation-state in Mozambique. Considering the basic premise of the monographic method, according to which any case that is studied in depth can be considered representative of many other similar cases, we undertook an ethnographic investigation in the district of Marromeu, Sofala province, aiming to make a historical reconstruction of the post - independence. From then on, it was possible to verify that measures were taken to build a national identity. The preliminary investigation revealed that the construction of the national identity in Mozambique had a vast ideological, symbolic and material apparatus. Indeed, official symbols such as the flag, the anthem and the emblem were distributed throughout the national territory; new ideas and new values ​​such as, for example, the idea of ​​the New Man or anti-tribalism, anti-imperialism and anti-regionalism; have been disseminated. It turns out that this national identity did not count on the contribution of local cultural particularities, which caused a large number of people to be indifferent to the nation-state, that is, they did not identify with the nation.