Maputo, Indic city: city and urban life in Lília Momplé's Neighbours

Authors

  • Jessica Falconi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35520/mulemba.2015.v7n12a5026

Keywords:

Momplé, Mozambique, Maputo, Indian Ocean

Abstract

This paper analyses the representation of Maputo urban life such as depicted in Lília Momplé's  Neighbours. My purpose is to show that the city means different things to each character. Acting as a narrative scenery of internal conflicts and differences in postcolonial Mozambican society, the city  also displays the dynamics of circulation and integration of subjects and identities in the “inter- regional” space of the Indian Ocean. 

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Published

2015-06-07

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 12 (2015): Representations of Cities in Portuguese-speaking African Literature

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