CURSE ON THE LAND: A HISTORY OF THE MOZAMBICAN CIVIL WAR
By David Alexander
Robinson, BA (Hons)
This thesis is presented for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy of History for The University of Western
Australia (School of Humanities, Discipline of History,2006).
Preface
I would like to thank those who have
supported and assisted me during the production
of this thesis, especially my friends and colleagues at the University of Western
Australia, my family, and my partner Lindsay who has most closely witnessed and
shared the joys and tribulations of my doctoral experience. I express my
gratitude to my supervisors Professor Norman Etherington and Dr Jeremy Martens,
who have given me guidance and feedback without smothering my initiative, to
all the staff in UWA’s
Discipline of History who have
facilitated my candidature, and to Convocation – the UWA Graduates’ Association, who provided me
with the 2003 Postgraduate Travel Award which greatly enhanced my experience of
travel and research in southern Africa.
I would also like to thank all those
scholars who have provided me with any level of assistance in my research,
including: Ned Alpers, University of California, Los Angeles; João Cabrita;
Michel Cahen, Montesquieu University, Bordeaux; João Paulo Borges Coelho,
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; Paul Fauvet, Agencia de Informação de
Moçambique; Karen Harris, University of Pretoria; David Hedges, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; Carrie Manning, Georgia
State University; Malyn Newitt, King’s
College, University of London;
Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame, Indiana; and André Thomashausen,
University of South Africa. Special thanks must go to the employees of the South African Foreign Affairs
Archive, who went out of their way to make me welcome, and to Colin Darch at
the University of Cape Town, without whose advice and resources this thesis would not
have been possible.
Writing this doctoral thesis over
the last four years has been more than a research project; it has been a way of
life and a period of personal growth. The journey has been intellectually
challenging, exciting and enjoyable, but sometimes also stressful, lonely and heartbreaking. Exploring Mozambican history
has forced me to reassess my beliefs about ideology, religion, good, evil,
misery and happiness, and gave me the opportunity to see some of the beautiful
continent of Africa. I hope that my research will in some way benefit the people of Mozambique, and will
make a worthwhile contribution to the study of African history.
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