THE MANY FIELDS IN ENTRE AS MEMÓRIAS SILENCIADAS, FROM UNGULANI BA KA KHOSA

Abstract

The novel Entre as Memórias Silenciadas (2013), by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, deals with the history of the Chibindzi family, from the colonial period to the first years after the conquest of independence in Mozambique. Divided into three sections, which are interspersed throughout the narrative, the work highlights the violence that marks people and places traversed by the experience of colonialism. In this context, the re-education camps, idealized in the independence process as spaces for the formation of the new man, appear as a place of death and oblivion. However, when we investigate the role of these camps throughout history, we realize that this was not always the case, as they served different interests in different contexts. These facts indicate that the camps that coexist in the novel and outside it has gone through processes that have turned good intentions into significant delays for the country's liberation. Identifying these camps and these processes is the aim of this work.