This paper offers a reinterpretation of disputes over history and memory in Mozambique from the analysis of Domingos Arouca's militant path. It emphasizes the political path of Arouca, a nationalist and political prisoner until the early 1970s. the study is based on archival research carried out both in Mozambique and Portugal, analysis of media, as well as on interviews carried out with other nationalists. It proposes a more dense and complex interpretation of the political history and social memories of a lesser known period of Mozambique history the end of colonialism and the transition to independence (1962-1975. This paper aims to be a contribution towards a more sophisticated perspective over the processes of identity reconstruction in contemporary Mozambique.
Mozambique; Domingos Arouca; memories; history; identity.