A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973)
This paper aims to analyze the configuration of a narrative of exceptionality by UNITA during the Angolan war of independence. Data derived from an analysis of 14 editions of Kwacha-Angola, UNITA’s official information bulletin, were used to identify three strategies of equalization and differentiat...
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| description | This paper aims to analyze the configuration of a narrative of exceptionality by UNITA during the Angolan war of independence. Data derived from an analysis of 14 editions of Kwacha-Angola, UNITA’s official information bulletin, were used to identify three strategies of equalization and differentiation employed by UNITA in relation to its opponents to achieve international support: the elaboration of vocabularies of motive, the definition of an inaugural date, and the narration of UNITA’s calvaries, which was formalized in the idea of a “long march”. The data suggest that these strategies consolidated a narrative of overcoming, which was integrated in the group’s culture and activated in contexts of crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c03a9c2cca244b39876a7df02bab40612024-02-13T15:52:24ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942182-74004319121310.4000/cea.7158A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973)Jéssica da Silva HöringThis paper aims to analyze the configuration of a narrative of exceptionality by UNITA during the Angolan war of independence. Data derived from an analysis of 14 editions of Kwacha-Angola, UNITA’s official information bulletin, were used to identify three strategies of equalization and differentiation employed by UNITA in relation to its opponents to achieve international support: the elaboration of vocabularies of motive, the definition of an inaugural date, and the narration of UNITA’s calvaries, which was formalized in the idea of a “long march”. The data suggest that these strategies consolidated a narrative of overcoming, which was integrated in the group’s culture and activated in contexts of crisis.https://journals.openedition.org/cea/7158AngolanarrativeNational Union for the Total Independence of AngolaKwacha-Angola bulletinlong march |
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| title | A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973) |
| title_full | A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973) |
| title_fullStr | A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973) |
| title_short | A Representação da Trajetória da UNITA no Boletim Kwacha-Angola (1966-1973) |
| title_sort | representacao da trajetoria da unita no boletim kwacha angola 1966 1973 |
| topic | Angola narrative National Union for the Total Independence of Angola Kwacha-Angola bulletin long march |
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