‘“Ghosts” of European soldiers in narratives of World War I in Northern Mozambique’ – says Décio Muianga

In a conference on the “The Great War in Africa: Economic, cultural and political consequences of the War of 1914-1918 on African societies” Kaleidoscopio’s archaeologist Décio Muianga has suggested that memories of World War I are part of the everyday life of Mozambicans living in Northern Mozambique. His paper “East Africa in the World War I (1914-1918): Tragedy and War Memories in Civilian population of northern Mozambique” presented at the conference, explores local narratives and highlights the presence of “ghosts of European soldiers in present day Niassa and the memories and consequences of the participation of Mozambicans in the battlefields.

The conference “The Great War in Africa: Economic, cultural and political consequences of the War of 1914-1918 on African societies” was held from 20-24^th October 2015 at the University Cheikh Anta Diop, in Dakar and organized by the Point Sud Program in collaboration with the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany