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SUMMARY:'It's Not My Story to Tell': Ownership\, Legitimacy\, and the Poli
 tics of History in Mocimboa da Praia\, Mozambique - Ana Margarida Santos\,
  University of Durham
DTSTART:20170227T170000Z
DTEND:20170227T183000Z
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CONTACT:Victoria Jones
DESCRIPTION:The recent history of the northernmost districts of Mozambique
  has been one of movement and conflict leading people far from their areas
  of origin and into places where they have to rebuild networks and establi
 sh relationships. The Makonde moved from their original area in the Mueda 
 Plateau to neighbouring districts and have to negotiate questions of legit
 imacy and belonging with the autochthonous population\, the Mwani\, seen a
 s the 'owners of the land' and also the rightful bearers of the histories 
 of the area. Recounting history - owning it - is loaded with references to
  identity\, and weaves in memories and competing experiences of the past\,
  and has a bearing on local struggles for political legitimacy. Drawing on
  literature on history and legitimacy and local understandings of ownershi
 p\, I will discuss the importance of memory and story telling in the maint
 enance\, and re-shaping of past events\, and the different narratives that
  people create. I will discuss how the past is appropriated by different s
 ectors of the population\, and how it defines their belonging by claiming 
 or refusing ownership of local histories. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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