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WIEGINK, Nikkie. Resettlements in Mozambique: Development, Displacement,and Control in the (Post)Colony. []. , 20, 2, pp.113-131.   31--2022. ISSN 1645-6432.  https://doi.org/10.26300/b25j-qc88.

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Mozambique has a long history of resettling people in urbanizations that are centrally initiated and shaped by development discourses and governments’ desire to control populations. This article places the recent resettlements in the surroundings of extractive projects in the country in a historical context, by comparing the aldeamentos created by the Portuguese colonial administration with the aldeais comunais by FRELIMO after independence. It focuses on successive resettlement initiatives in the Tete province, where mining-induced resettlement has recently received much attention. Despite the disparate political contexts, it demonstrates similarities between the resettlement projects, which have resulted in hardship for the dislocated populations.

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Moçambique tem uma longa história de repovoamento de pessoas em urbanizações que são iniciadas centralmente e moldadas por discursos de desenvolvimento e o desejo de governos de controlar populações. Este artigo situa os repovoamentos recentes nas zonas de projetos de extração de recursos na província de Tete numa perspectiva histórica, comparando os aldeamentos criadas pela administração colonial portuguesa com as aldeias comunais pelo regime do FRELIMO. O artigo focaliza nos repovoamentos successivos na provínica de Tete onde repovoamentos recentes induzidos pelo garimpo receberam muita atenção. Apesar de contextos políticos díspares, o artigo demonstra as semelhanças entre os projectos, que dificultaram as vidas das populações deslocadas.

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