Sobas and Portuguese in Mbaka: study of colonial relations of domination in travel narratives, (c.1825-c.1875)

• Grant number: 15/12280-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History
• Principal Investigator: Lucilene Reginaldo
• Grantee: Felipe Pires Vilas Bôas
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Understand how to give the relations of colonial rule established between the Portuguese and Sobas in Mbaka region is the central objective of this work. Research will as empirical material to be analyzed colonial traveler texts and staff who circulated through the interior of Angola during the nineteenth century, more specifically the central barracks (c.1825-c.1875) - a period marked by strong speeches of political changes and Portuguese economic activity in Angola, inserted into a broader discussion about the possibilities of effective occupation of the territory of Angola.