Everyday forms of resistance during late colonialism in southern Mozambique

Since the so-called "effective occupation" made by the Portuguese (1895), Mozambique has experienced profound transformations. These transformations were marked by the introduction of different development projects, all characterized by a confrontation between forms and perceptions of the political, social and economic etc. Locating our reflection in the south of the country and in dialogue with history and anthropology - complementary areas for African studies - we will inquire the relationship between economic modernization and political modernity from a re-reading, on the one hand, of the processes of regimentation of native labor by the colonial enterprise and, on the other hand, the dynamics developed by the populations of the region in response to these policies, many of them pointed out here as forms of everyday resistance. Methodologically combining the colonial situation and the indiciary paradigm, we will revisit sources collected in previous works by authors from the two areas mentioned above, and then introduce the concepts of forced mobility, state margins, coloniality and power repertoires, searching a reinterpretation of the relationship between colonial enterprise and autonomous practices.