Abstract

BLANES, Ruy Llera. From confusion to irony: Expectations and legacies of the PIDE in Angola. Anál. Social [online]. 2013, n.206, pp.30-55. ISSN 0003-2573.

In this article I propose to describe some examples of dialectics of repression and resistance between the PIDE and other police authorities in Angola, and an indigenous religious movement, the “Tokoist Church” between the 1950s and 1970s. Firstly, I describe the motivations, fears and expectations of the agents of the PIDE, contrasted with the reactions of leaders and followers of this church who were subject to the campaigns of “securitization” of the colony. And secondly, I will portrait the legacy of the memory that emerged within this movement in contemporary Angola, in which the experience of colonial repression produced a “history of suffering” that reverberates today through narratives of resilience and the particular reaffirmation of an “Angolan-ness” that was often marked by reversals and ironies.

Keywords : religion; politics; repression; memory; Angola.

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