The Wiriyamu massacre : an oral history, 1960-1974 / Mustafah Dhada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dhada, Mustafah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massacres.

Wiriyamu (Mozambique)--Massacre, 1972.

Wiriyamu (Mozambique).

Massacres--Mozambique--Wiriyamu.

Wiriyamu (Mozambique)--History--20th century.

Mozambique--Wiriyamu.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2020]

Contents:

1 The Colonial War and the Wiriyamu Triangle p. 19

Tete's March to the South p. 21

Cabo Delgado, Malawi, and the Tete Front p. 23

Political Mobilization and the Church p. 27

The Wiriyamu Triangle and Raimundo Dalepa p. 30

The Manica-e-Sofala Front p. 32

Dissent and the Final Attack p. 34

Frelimo's Arrival in the Triangle p. 36

Spiritual Life and Frelimo's Arrival p. 38

Wiriyamu and the End p. 41

The Loss of Homes and Cattle p. 44

Operation Marosca and the Aftermath p. 47

Burning Huts and an Act of Compassion p. 52

The Night after the Massacre and the Second Cleanup p. 54

Inquiry, Training, and Reflections on War p. 57

Violence on Girls and Informants p. 61

My Family and Their Return to Portugal p. 62

Chico, the Secret Agent, and His Death p. 65

How He Went p. 67

2 The Anatomy of the Massacres p. 69

Chaworha's Demise p. 71

We Gathered to Clap p. 73

When I Woke Up p. 75

Deliverance p. 76

Into Exile and Back p. 77

Today p. 79

Juawu's Killing Fields p. 80

The Premonitions That Went Unheeded p. 82

Signposts to War p. 83

The Ending Begins p. 85

Seeing Is Believing p. 86

My Escape p. 87

I Ran from the Wiriyamu Fires p. 89

In the Morning before the Massacre p. 90

The Massacre as It Happened p. 90

The Escape from the Fire p. 92

An End of Sorts p. 93

The Flames of War and the Spirit of My Tears p. 94

The Loud "Woorh ... Woorh ... Woorh ..." p. 95

The Spirit of My Tears p. 95

Djemusse's Lengthy Erasure p. 97

3 Gathering and Surveying the Evidence p. 101

Family Life, Data Collection, and Torture p. 102

Wiriyamu-Near Escapes p. 103

Rescue and the Tortures p. 108

Evidence Gathering, Cover-Up, and Coercion p. 110

Chaworha Survivors and Their Stories p. 111

Lists Are Formed; Concerns Are Expressed p. 113

The Escape and the Cover-Up p. 115

Checking Bodies from the Air p. 118

Surveying the Dead p. 119

Interrogation and the Mobbing Journalists p. 121

Not Wiriyamu Again! p. 126

4 The First Public Outing of the Wiriyamu Narrative p. 127

How I Smuggled the Report p. 128

The Bulge p. 130

The Revelations p. 133

The Wiriyamu Narrative Escapes Undetected! p. 137

Expulsions p. 138

5 The Final Revelation p. 141

Development Issues, Father Adrian Hastings, and the Opposition p. 142

Adrian and the Detractors p. 144

Wiriyamu and the People of London p. 146

After the Story Came Out p. 148

The Final Revelation and Vatican II p. 150

Caetano and the Wiriyamu Revelation p. 153

Political Neutrality and the Press p. 156

To the UN and Back p. 159

Wiriyamu and the Portuguese Revolution p. 163

6 The British Fact-Checkers p. 165

Knipe Combats Fake News p. 167

Experiencing Africa p. 168

Into the Bush and Back p. 170

Expulsion and Returns p. 172

How the Portuguese Foiled One Fact-Checker p. 175

The Bouncer and Knipe's Return! p. 176

Williamo and Departures p. 177

"The Story Checks Out!" Said Peter Pringle p. 180

How I Got the Story Out p. 181

The South African BOSS and the Attempted Blackmail p. 185

Hastings, Loudon, and Gaster p. 186

7 The Final Act-Witness Protection p. 189

An Eyewitness Confirms the Place and the Events p. 190

The Massacre p. 192

Mixone's Rendition on a Suzuki Motorbike p. 195

Contacts with Frelimo-and My Nemeses p. 196

The Visitor from London and Hiding Mixone p. 198

The Pendulum Swings p. 201

To Spain and Back p. 204.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1350119962

9781350119963

9781350119932

1350119938

OCLC:

1105153192