Table des matières

Ana Bénard da Costa et Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues

Introduction

Ricardo de Sousa

The Nature of the Parties on the Prospects of Power-Sharing in the Angola Peace Processes

• Introduction
• Power-sharing, conflict resolution and democracy
• The Angola conflict and power-sharing solutions
• The nature of the parties
• Mpla
• Unita
• Limitations of the power-sharing model in Angola
• An additional cause for failure – the monolithic nature of the parties
• Conclusion

Carlos Manuel Lopes

What Effects From Peace in Reducing Poverty? A perspective from empirical records collected in the cities of Huambo and Luanda

• Introduction
• Methodological approach
• Context
• Some notes about the general impact of the military conflict in the cities of Huambo and Luanda
• Perception of the actors about the effects of the military conflict and peace
• Impact of war
• Benefits of peace
• Perceptions of poverty
• Trajectories of activities/occupations
• Future Expectations
• Conclusion

Aline Afonso Pereira

‘We Create Minimum Conditions’: survival of the female market vendors of Luanda in the post-war

• Introduction
• The notion of gender
• The notion of gender in Africa
• “Right there, the suffering is felt” – Women and Armed Conflicts
• Disruptions in education:
• Disruptions in their children’s education:
• Loss of family members:
• Change of activity:
• Adaptation to Life in the Cities and Survival Strategies
• Women and the informal market
• “Those Helps Don’t Fail” – Strategies of Mutual Aid
• Informal Joint-Venture
• Credit Systems
• Conclusion

Emanuel Lopes

Reflection on poverty of displaced populations: the Hanha case

• Introduction
• Chosen Methodologies
• About the Conceptual Operability
• Historical Stages of the Vahanha
• Independence and the Vahanha
• From Independence to Peace in 1991/1992
• The return of the war
• Peace of 2002
• Peace and poverty: the Vahanha perception of the present

João Paulo Borges Coelho

‘Quantitative Literature’ and the Interpretation of the Armed Conflict in Mozambique (1976-1992)

• Introduction
• Origins and Nature
• Duration and Transformation
• Conclusion

Ana Bénard da Costa

Mozambique: poverty in war and poverty in peace

• Introduction
• History and Anthropology in Studies of Poverty
• Meanings of Poverty
• Studies of Poverty and War in Mozambique
• War: Interpretations and Perceptions
• Peace, (In) security and Poverty
• Poverty and Development Policies in Peacetime
• Conclusions

Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues et Alfredo Handem

(Intermittent) Poverty and Peace in Guinea-Bissau

• Introduction
• Contextualization of conflicts
• Poverty in Guinea-Bissau
• Analytic outlook on the correlation poverty/peace
• Perceptions and experiences of poverty and war
• Conclusions and thematic research lines

Augusto Nascimento

The Harsh Fight against Poverty in Sao Tome and Principe

• Post-independence evolution
• Voluntarism and constraints to the political evolution
• Economic environment and the prevalence of poverty
• Perceptions of poverty
• Disruption of social bonds
• Fighting for survival
• Conclusive notes

Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues et Carlos Manuel Lopes

Conclusion