Biography of the Mozambican journalist, assassinated in 2000 whilst investigating government corruption and the theft of $14 million from the country's largest bank. Index, 359pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY.

Covers the land and history of Mozambique and illuminates its multiethnic society, comprised of sixteen ethnic groups, most of which are of Bantu origin. Each group speaks its own language, and some clans within each group speak different dialects of the same language. Discusses the migration of these groups into Mozambique from southern Africa and their absorption of disparate and small communities, as well as their diverse cultural customs and practices. 168pp, USA. GREENWOOD PRESS.

Fought after a decade of armed struggle against colonialism, the Mozambican civil war lasted from 1977 to 1992, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives while displacing millions more. As conflicts across the globe span decades and generations, Lubkemann suggests that we need a fresh perspective on war when it becomes the context for normal life rather than an exceptional event that disrupts it. This book calls for a new point of departure in the ethnography of war that investigates how the inhabitants of war zones live under trying new conditions and how culture and social relations are transformed as a result. Focusing on how Ndau social networks were fragmented by wartime displacement and the profound effect this had on gender relations, and demonstrating how wartime migration and post-conflict return were shaped by social struggles and interests that had little to do with the larger political reasons for the war, Lubkemann contests the assumption that wartime migration is always involuntary. Index, bib, notes, 401pp, USA. CHICAGO U P.

New in paperback. Is Mozambique an African success story? It has 7 percent a year growth rate and substantial foreign investment. Fifteen years after the war of destabilisation, the peace has held. Mozambique is the donors' model pupil, carefully following their prescriptions and receiving more than a billion dollars a year in aid. The number of bicycles has doubled and this is often cited as the symbol of development. This book challenges some key assumptions of both the donors and the government and asks questions such as whether there has been too much stress on the Millennium Development Goals, and too little support for economic development; if it makes sense to target the poorest of the poor, or would it be better to target those who create the jobs which will employ the poor; whether there has been too much emphasis on foreign investment and too little on developing domestic capital; and if the private sector really will end poverty, or must there be a stronger role for the state in the economy? Index, bib, tables, 256pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. While conducting research among these Muedans, anthropologist Harry G. West made a revealing discovery - for many of them, West's efforts to elaborate an ethnographic vision of their world was itself a form of sorcery. In this study, he explores the fascinating issues provoked by this equation. Index, bib, 132pp, USA. CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS.

In 2003 the evaluation unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) chose the Mozam-bique country programme as the first country programme to undergo an evaluation as a whole. This delicate process was assigned to L&R Institute for Social Research (Vienna). The country programme was assessed according to the following criteria: relevance, coherence, flexibility, effectiveness, impact, efficiency, sustainability, visibility and ownership. Through this assess-ment it not only became clear that there is a growing interest in country programme evaluations and the issues raised within this study, but that the entire medium of country programming and evaluation is rapidly changing. 104pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

Biography of the Mozambican president. TEXT IN PORTUGUESE. Index, bib, 234pp, MOZAMBIQUE. MACMILLAN MOZAMBIQUE.

A case study of higher education provision in Mozambique, a country which has experienced some of the biggest upheavals over the past thirty years. The authors look at the state of education and how the government is coping with a severe shortage of trained teachers and resources. The picture is also complicated by the creation of non governmental universities. Refs, app, xiv, 114pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852554303

Historical ethnography of sorcery on the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, drawing on a decade of fieldwork and combines the perspectives of anthropology and political science to reveal how Muedans expect responsible authorities to monitor the invisible realm of sorcery and to overturn or, as Muedans call it, kupilikula sorcerers' destructive attacks by practicing a constructive form of counter-sorcery themselves. Argues that, where neoliberal policies have fostered social division rather than security and prosperity, Muedans have, in fact, used sorcery discourse to assess and sometimes overturn reforms, advancing alternative visions of a world transformed. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, 362pp, USA. CHICAGO U P.

Departing from a broad understanding of law in Mozambique, this work analyses the complex network of judicial systems by interrogating the roles of the entities intervening in the system in colonial and postcolonial contexts. The main objective is to promote an empirically sound and dynamic understanding of the relationships between the multiple judicial entities present in the country within the context of cultural transformation in Africa. 268pp, SENEGAL. CODESRIA.

Maize is the staple food and principal cash crop in Mozambique. Production is dominated by small-holders who sell their surpluses to generate income. Southern Mozambique is a maize deficit region while the North is in surplus, therefore trade between these two areas has implications for food security in the country and is expected to accelerate economic development. This study attempts to measure the extent of market integration between major maize markets in Mozambique. 116pp, ETHIOPIA. OSSREA.

An inter-regional analysis of south, central and northern Mozambique, considering the impact of remittances in the south, and disparities in wealth and well-being. It concludes that the nature of migration in the area has changed significantly in the post-apartheid era, with a notable shift from mining to more varied employment opportunities. Wage remittances remain likely to fall and the employment situation become less secure however, as free market policies, combined with harsh policies on undocumented migrants, take their toll. 40pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

A comprehensive audit of the justice sector in Mozambique, assessing the country's perform-ance sector against African and international standards. Bib, tables, 146pp, SOUTH AFRICA. OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA.

Report by the twelve-member state SADC parliamentary forum assessing the degree to which the 2004 Mozambican Presidential and Parliamentary elections conformed to regional norms and guidelines. 56pp, NAMIBIA. SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM.

2006 NO ISBN Pamphlet

Explains the background to the civil war and its impact on the lives of ordinary citizens, on traditional values and social structures, and on health and education services. Waterhouse finds signs of hope emerging all over the country, despite the nation's ruinous debts and the legacy of colonial neglect. B/w illus, 245mm x 185mm, some facts and figures and further reading, UK. OXFAM PUBLICATIONS, 0855983418

1996 Paperback

A study of Mozambique's weak attempts at reconstruction following the end of civil war, for which the author holds the IMF insistence on deflation largely responsible. The prescription of structural adjustment, with its emphasis on the free market, deregulation and the reduction of wages, credit and government spending, Hanlon believes, have stopped the country rebuilding and have even prevented an active role by the private sector. Index, bib, apps, tables, b/w illus, maps, xvi, 176pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Argues that Mozambique is an economic success story in sub-Saharan Africa. Its remarkable achievements offer valuable lessons to other low-income countries in a post-stabilization economic phase, including how they can efficiently manage a scaling up of foreign aid aimed at poverty reduction. Also provides a summary of the most recent research on issues related to post-stabilization economics in sub-Saharan Africa. 397pp, USA. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.

2001 Paperback

Second edition. A study of Renamo, one of Africa's most aggressive revel movements and their evolution into a successful political party. The author questions why Renamo did so well in Mozambique's first elections in 1994, whether they will stay in a multiparty system, and if Renamo has left violence behind. Index, bib, notes, maps, tables, xii, 209pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

1996 1991 0852553552 Paperback

Investigates defining themes in the field of social memory studies as they bear on the politics of post-Cold-War, post-apartheid Southern Africa. Examining the government's attempts to revise postcolonial Mozambique's traumatic past with a view to negotiating the present, it stresses the path-dependence of memory practices while tracing their divergent trajectories, shifting meanings and varied combinations within ruling discourse and performance. It focuses on the interplay between past and present, the dialectic between remembering and forgetting, the dynamics between popular and official memory discourses and the politics of acknowledge-ment. Index, bib, notes, 394pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Gender policies from Portuguese colonialism, through Frelimo socialism to later neo-liberal economic regimes share certain basic assumptions about men, women and gender relations. But to what extent do such assumptions fit the ways in which rural Mozambican men and women see themselves? A major line of argument in the book is that gender relations should be investigated, not assumed, and that policies not matching people's lives are not likely to succeed. The empirical data, on which the argument is based, are first a unique body of data material collected 1982-1984 by the national women's organiza-tion, the OMM [when the author was employed as a sociologist in the organization] and secondly data resulting from more recent fieldwork in northern Mozambique. 328pp, UK. JAMES CURREY.

Representation and State Assistance

How should Mozambican traditional leaders double up as community representatives and state assistants? This discussion paper addresses some fundamental questions on this issue, offers a brief history of changing roles and considers the recognition of traditional leaders as community authorities. Bib, 30pp, pamphlet, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

Looks at the restructuring of Mozambique's economy from 1975 to the present and how the forces shaping it have been both political and social. BNS, maps, 318pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0521820111