history of Mozambique

Table of Contents

Introduction
Precolonial period of Mozambique
- Early settlement
- The rise of the zimbabwe civilizations
- Arrival of the Portuguese
- Effects of the slave trade in Mozambique
Colonial Mozambique
- Consolidation of Portuguese control
- Mozambique under the New State regime
Independent Mozambique
- Mozambique as a one-party state
- Peace in Mozambique
- The 2014 elections
- Relationship between the government and Renamo
- Economic developments
- The 2019 cyclones
- The 2019 elections
- Insurgency in the north
- The 2024 elections

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- In German East Africa
independence
- In Southern Africa: Angola and Mozambique
Malawi
- In Malawi: Malawi since 1994
Mozambique Conventions
- In Mozambique Conventions
Mutare
- In Mutare
Portuguese colonists
- In Southern Africa: Colonists in Angola and Mozambique
prazo system
- In prazo
Renamo
- In Renamo
slave trade
- In Southern Africa: The continuation of the slave trade
South African support of Renamo
- In South Africa: The unraveling of apartheid
Zimbabwe’s independence struggle
- In Zimbabwe: Rhodesia and the UDI

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Kathleen Eddy Sheldon
Jeanne Marie Penvenne
Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. Research Fellow, African Studies Center, Boston University.
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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added detail about the disputed elections of 2024 and post-election unrest.	Amy McKenna	Dec 03, 2024
	New article added.	Amy McKenna	Sep 28, 2023