Dangerous Liaisons: Migration, Racial and Cultural Tensions in the Portuguese-African Context

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course aims to understand some of the aspects that deeply affected the relations between Portugal and Lusophone Africa in the 20th and 21st century through fiction, cinema, essay and primary sources. We will explore issues such as the link between race and migration, the development of cultural identity, the struggle to belong, and the complex connection between Portugal and Africa. Despite the geographical distance, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde share a common legacy of colonialism, racism, gender gap, language and war. We will take an interdisciplinary approach to examine the ways in which these struggles are corroborated and/or contradicted by official narratives, and analyze the contemporary context of Portugal-African relations. Conducted in English.