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Papers by Gilson Lazaro
is a Portuguese-Angolan independent researcher who works in the crisis group of the Southern Afri... more is a Portuguese-Angolan independent researcher who works in the crisis group of the Southern African Institute for Security Studies, based in South Africa. In "Governing in the Shadows 4 ", Paula Roque deepens and condenses the work she has been doing as a security and international relations researcher, building her corpus based on interaction with key sources belonging to the security apparatus: intelligence officers and the military. The book suggests that Angola's security apparatus is the basis of the power maintenance structure of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, MPLA, in portuguese), the party that has ruled the country for almost five decades. In essence, Paula Roque's argument is that the security apparatus of the Republic of Angola holds the real power over the country's destiny, associated with the other internal and party spheres. The security house of the Presidency of the Republic controls the defense, security and intelligence sectors, and has unlimited financial resources under its wing, such as the loan
Revista Angolana de Sociologia, 2013
AbeÁfrica: Revista da Associação Brasileira de Estudos Africanos, Nov 25, 2019
Resenha: Oliveira, Ricardo Soares. Magnífica e Miserável: Angola desde a guerra civil. Lisboa: Ti... more Resenha: Oliveira, Ricardo Soares. Magnífica e Miserável: Angola desde a guerra civil. Lisboa: Tinta-da-China, 2015, 375p. Magnifica e Miserável: Angola desde a guerra civil é um livro de autoria do investigador português Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, publicado originalmente em língua inglesa (Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola since the civil war) e seis meses mais tarde dado à estampa pela editora portuguesa Tinta-da-China. A publicação desse livro provocou em certo entusiasmo incontido em alguns meios jornalísticos e acadêmicos em Portugal e o Reino Unido, que se manifestaram nos comentários qualificativos sobre o autor e a obra constantes na contracapa da versão inglesa, assim como da versão portuguesa tais como: "lúcido, brilhante" e "fascinante, provocativo", por um lado, "profundo conhecedor da política do petróleo em Angola" e "melhor estudo sobre Angola em inglês", por outro. Salvo engano, o livro mereceu algumas de resenhas críticas à versão inglesa 1 que ampliam e levantaram a discussão sem que a mesma fosse sentida no meio acadêmico angolano e de língua portuguesa. Magnífica e Miserável apresenta-nos uma capa que ilustra o pôr do sol da costa de Luanda e os escombros do mausoléu, obra quase abandonada, infraestrutura imponente à soviética onde repousa os restos mortais do primeiro presidente de Angola independente, António Agostinho Neto. Esta ilustração sinaliza o que entendemos ser o início da representação caricatural,-da magnificência-que se pode encontrar reforçada no texto. O livro está formalmente estruturado em cinco capítulos, e retrata, em chave de leitura alargada, o percurso sociopolítico e econômico, a consolidação do poder em Angola nos últimos * Doutorado pelo Instituto de Lisboa-ISCTE. 1 Destacamos um primeiro conjunto de resenhas coordenado por
Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, an... more Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, and thereby play a crucial role in dynamics of state formation. This working paper is based on a 2-year research project funded by the Swiss Network of International Studies and conducted by a consortium of five research institutions in Switzerland and Africa. It reflects on the social construction of order and legitimacy during and after violent conflict by focusing on political orders put in place by armed groups, their strategies to legitimize their (violent) action as well as their claim to power, and on the extent to which they strive and manage to institutionalize their military power and transform it into political domination. Drawing on case studies in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire and South Sudan, it shows how strategies of legitimization are central to understanding the politics of armed groups and their relation to the state, how international aid agencies impact on the legitimacy of armed groups and state actors, and how continuities between war and peace, especially in key sectors such as security forces, need to be taken into account in any effort at establishing long-term peace and stability.
With collaboration from Nelson Pestana, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Margareth Nangacovie, Iselin Åsedotter ... more With collaboration from Nelson Pestana, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Margareth Nangacovie, Iselin Åsedotter Strønen and Caludio Fortuna. This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are effectively trapped in poverty through material deficiencies, limited income opportunities and with crime and prostitution sometimes being the only way out. At the same time, informal social protection mechanisms based on extended family obligations, community solidarity and reciprocity seem to have eroded. As one interlocutor puts it: “We don’t have anything. The rich have everything!” Urban poverty and inequality in Luanda, Angola Photo by Gilson Lázaro C M I B R I E F
With collaboration from Osvaldo Silva, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Mateus Bine Agostinho and Iselin Åsedott... more With collaboration from Osvaldo Silva, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Mateus Bine Agostinho and Iselin Åsedotter Strønen Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisation – culminating with the current economic crisis. This brief is about ten rural communities in the province of Malanje. It shows that material poverty is so profound that people have reverted to traditional practises and bartering in an economy of near pure subsistence and that basic social services in education and health are practically non-existent. As one man put it: “The government does not give any support!” Marginalisation and Poverty in Rural Malanje, Angola Photo by Inge Tvedten C M I B R I E F
Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Sviet soldiers accounts of the Angolan war.
Revista Angolana De Sociologia, Dec 1, 2013
Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Soviet soldiers' accounts of Angolan War, que para o portu... more Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Soviet soldiers' accounts of Angolan War, que para o português traduz-se "Guerra de Bush. Caminho para o Cuito Cuanavale. Soldados soviéticos sobre a guerra angolana", foi publicado em 2012 por Genny Shubin e Andrei Tokarev a partir da editora sul-africana Jacana. É um livro de memória que reúne oito depoimentos de ex-oficiais soviéticos (tradutores, instrutores e supervisores) que participaram activamente na guerra que se desenrolou nas décadas de 70 e 80, mais concretamente do Cuito Cuanavale, entre 1986-1988.
... Issue Date: 2010. Citation: LÁZARO, Gilson José Simão - Angola: discursos e práticas dominant... more ... Issue Date: 2010. Citation: LÁZARO, Gilson José Simão - Angola: discursos e práticas dominantes de reconciliação e construção da nação [Em linha]. Lisboa: ISCTE, 2010. Tese de mestrado. [Consult. Dia Mês Ano] Disponível em www:<http://hdl.handle.net/10071/1820>. ...
Revista Angolana De Sociologia, Jun 1, 2013
Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisa on – culmina... more Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisa on – culmina ng with the current economic crisis. This brief is about ten rural communi es in the province of Malanje. It shows that material poverty is so profound that people have reverted to tradi onal prac ses and bartering in an economy of near pure subsistence and that basic social services in educa on and health are prac cally non-existent. As one man put it:
“The government does not give any support!”
This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are e ec vely trapped in poverty throug... more This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are e ec vely trapped in poverty through material de ciencies, limited income opportuni es and with crime and pros tu on some mes being the only way out. At the same me, informal social protec on mechanisms based on extended family obliga ons, community solidarity and reciprocity seem to have eroded. As one interlocutor puts it:
“We don’t have anything. The rich have everything!”
This article has as its starting point the argument that, while a group of styles and cultural fo... more This article has as its starting point the argument that, while a group of styles and cultural forms spread world-wide from the Afro-American ghettos of New York in the 1970’s, hip-hop, in Angola, had a particular reception and appropriation. For the Angolan contemporary youth, the cultural incorporation of those styles and cultural forms to the national reality represented, despite the calculation of the consequences, an effort to update and modernise the national culture on the emergency of a public space provided by the end of the monopartisan regime. In this context, the so-called “social intervention rap”, mainly produced by the young from the lower classes, has been assuming itself as an artistic instrument through which rappers combine the cultural emancipation to the exercise of the democratic political participation.
Este artigo visa analisar comparativamente a cobertura de dois jornais angolanos sobre violações ... more Este artigo visa analisar comparativamente a cobertura de dois jornais angolanos sobre violações dos direitos humanos por parte das instituições públicas. A guerra civil e as violações que surgiram foram dominantes nas abordagens da imprensa escrita em Angola durante toda a década de 1990. O fim da guerra civil em 2002 impôs uma mudança de abordagem da imprensa angolana e maior exigência às liberdades de expressão e de informação. Não obstante a diversidade de jornais em Angola, a prática jornalística continua marcada por constrangimentos de vária ordem. O texto que se segue tem como enfoque as informações ocorridas durante o biénio de 2008-2009.
No seu livro intitulado Rebels and Robbers. Violence in post-colonial Angola (Rebeldes e ladrões:... more No seu livro intitulado Rebels and Robbers. Violence in post-colonial Angola (Rebeldes e ladrões: violência pós-colonial em Angola), publicado pelo Instituto Norueguês de Estudos Africanos, em 2007, Assis Malaquias dá corpo a uma perspectiva de análise que nos parece interessante a ter em conta, pois a ausência de um debate crítico sobre a violência tem criado zonas cinzentas na história do país.
Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Sviet soldiers accounts of the Angolan war.
Relatório de pesquisa/ Research Report by Gilson Lazaro
chapter of book by Gilson Lazaro
sean Kingston PUblishing, 2018
This essay as its starting point the argument that while hip-hop a a group of stlyles and cultura... more This essay as its starting point the argument that while hip-hop a a group of stlyles and cultural forms - spread worldwide from the afro-american gehttos of New York in the 1970s it had a particular reception and appropriation in Angola.
is a Portuguese-Angolan independent researcher who works in the crisis group of the Southern Afri... more is a Portuguese-Angolan independent researcher who works in the crisis group of the Southern African Institute for Security Studies, based in South Africa. In "Governing in the Shadows 4 ", Paula Roque deepens and condenses the work she has been doing as a security and international relations researcher, building her corpus based on interaction with key sources belonging to the security apparatus: intelligence officers and the military. The book suggests that Angola's security apparatus is the basis of the power maintenance structure of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, MPLA, in portuguese), the party that has ruled the country for almost five decades. In essence, Paula Roque's argument is that the security apparatus of the Republic of Angola holds the real power over the country's destiny, associated with the other internal and party spheres. The security house of the Presidency of the Republic controls the defense, security and intelligence sectors, and has unlimited financial resources under its wing, such as the loan
Revista Angolana de Sociologia, 2013
AbeÁfrica: Revista da Associação Brasileira de Estudos Africanos, Nov 25, 2019
Resenha: Oliveira, Ricardo Soares. Magnífica e Miserável: Angola desde a guerra civil. Lisboa: Ti... more Resenha: Oliveira, Ricardo Soares. Magnífica e Miserável: Angola desde a guerra civil. Lisboa: Tinta-da-China, 2015, 375p. Magnifica e Miserável: Angola desde a guerra civil é um livro de autoria do investigador português Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, publicado originalmente em língua inglesa (Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola since the civil war) e seis meses mais tarde dado à estampa pela editora portuguesa Tinta-da-China. A publicação desse livro provocou em certo entusiasmo incontido em alguns meios jornalísticos e acadêmicos em Portugal e o Reino Unido, que se manifestaram nos comentários qualificativos sobre o autor e a obra constantes na contracapa da versão inglesa, assim como da versão portuguesa tais como: "lúcido, brilhante" e "fascinante, provocativo", por um lado, "profundo conhecedor da política do petróleo em Angola" e "melhor estudo sobre Angola em inglês", por outro. Salvo engano, o livro mereceu algumas de resenhas críticas à versão inglesa 1 que ampliam e levantaram a discussão sem que a mesma fosse sentida no meio acadêmico angolano e de língua portuguesa. Magnífica e Miserável apresenta-nos uma capa que ilustra o pôr do sol da costa de Luanda e os escombros do mausoléu, obra quase abandonada, infraestrutura imponente à soviética onde repousa os restos mortais do primeiro presidente de Angola independente, António Agostinho Neto. Esta ilustração sinaliza o que entendemos ser o início da representação caricatural,-da magnificência-que se pode encontrar reforçada no texto. O livro está formalmente estruturado em cinco capítulos, e retrata, em chave de leitura alargada, o percurso sociopolítico e econômico, a consolidação do poder em Angola nos últimos * Doutorado pelo Instituto de Lisboa-ISCTE. 1 Destacamos um primeiro conjunto de resenhas coordenado por
Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, an... more Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, and thereby play a crucial role in dynamics of state formation. This working paper is based on a 2-year research project funded by the Swiss Network of International Studies and conducted by a consortium of five research institutions in Switzerland and Africa. It reflects on the social construction of order and legitimacy during and after violent conflict by focusing on political orders put in place by armed groups, their strategies to legitimize their (violent) action as well as their claim to power, and on the extent to which they strive and manage to institutionalize their military power and transform it into political domination. Drawing on case studies in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire and South Sudan, it shows how strategies of legitimization are central to understanding the politics of armed groups and their relation to the state, how international aid agencies impact on the legitimacy of armed groups and state actors, and how continuities between war and peace, especially in key sectors such as security forces, need to be taken into account in any effort at establishing long-term peace and stability.
With collaboration from Nelson Pestana, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Margareth Nangacovie, Iselin Åsedotter ... more With collaboration from Nelson Pestana, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Margareth Nangacovie, Iselin Åsedotter Strønen and Caludio Fortuna. This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are effectively trapped in poverty through material deficiencies, limited income opportunities and with crime and prostitution sometimes being the only way out. At the same time, informal social protection mechanisms based on extended family obligations, community solidarity and reciprocity seem to have eroded. As one interlocutor puts it: “We don’t have anything. The rich have everything!” Urban poverty and inequality in Luanda, Angola Photo by Gilson Lázaro C M I B R I E F
With collaboration from Osvaldo Silva, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Mateus Bine Agostinho and Iselin Åsedott... more With collaboration from Osvaldo Silva, Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Mateus Bine Agostinho and Iselin Åsedotter Strønen Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisation – culminating with the current economic crisis. This brief is about ten rural communities in the province of Malanje. It shows that material poverty is so profound that people have reverted to traditional practises and bartering in an economy of near pure subsistence and that basic social services in education and health are practically non-existent. As one man put it: “The government does not give any support!” Marginalisation and Poverty in Rural Malanje, Angola Photo by Inge Tvedten C M I B R I E F
Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Sviet soldiers accounts of the Angolan war.
Revista Angolana De Sociologia, Dec 1, 2013
Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Soviet soldiers' accounts of Angolan War, que para o portu... more Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Soviet soldiers' accounts of Angolan War, que para o português traduz-se "Guerra de Bush. Caminho para o Cuito Cuanavale. Soldados soviéticos sobre a guerra angolana", foi publicado em 2012 por Genny Shubin e Andrei Tokarev a partir da editora sul-africana Jacana. É um livro de memória que reúne oito depoimentos de ex-oficiais soviéticos (tradutores, instrutores e supervisores) que participaram activamente na guerra que se desenrolou nas décadas de 70 e 80, mais concretamente do Cuito Cuanavale, entre 1986-1988.
... Issue Date: 2010. Citation: LÁZARO, Gilson José Simão - Angola: discursos e práticas dominant... more ... Issue Date: 2010. Citation: LÁZARO, Gilson José Simão - Angola: discursos e práticas dominantes de reconciliação e construção da nação [Em linha]. Lisboa: ISCTE, 2010. Tese de mestrado. [Consult. Dia Mês Ano] Disponível em www:<http://hdl.handle.net/10071/1820>. ...
Revista Angolana De Sociologia, Jun 1, 2013
Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisa on – culmina... more Rural Angola has gone through decades of hardships with war and economic marginalisa on – culmina ng with the current economic crisis. This brief is about ten rural communi es in the province of Malanje. It shows that material poverty is so profound that people have reverted to tradi onal prac ses and bartering in an economy of near pure subsistence and that basic social services in educa on and health are prac cally non-existent. As one man put it:
“The government does not give any support!”
This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are e ec vely trapped in poverty throug... more This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are e ec vely trapped in poverty through material de ciencies, limited income opportuni es and with crime and pros tu on some mes being the only way out. At the same me, informal social protec on mechanisms based on extended family obliga ons, community solidarity and reciprocity seem to have eroded. As one interlocutor puts it:
“We don’t have anything. The rich have everything!”
This article has as its starting point the argument that, while a group of styles and cultural fo... more This article has as its starting point the argument that, while a group of styles and cultural forms spread world-wide from the Afro-American ghettos of New York in the 1970’s, hip-hop, in Angola, had a particular reception and appropriation. For the Angolan contemporary youth, the cultural incorporation of those styles and cultural forms to the national reality represented, despite the calculation of the consequences, an effort to update and modernise the national culture on the emergency of a public space provided by the end of the monopartisan regime. In this context, the so-called “social intervention rap”, mainly produced by the young from the lower classes, has been assuming itself as an artistic instrument through which rappers combine the cultural emancipation to the exercise of the democratic political participation.
Este artigo visa analisar comparativamente a cobertura de dois jornais angolanos sobre violações ... more Este artigo visa analisar comparativamente a cobertura de dois jornais angolanos sobre violações dos direitos humanos por parte das instituições públicas. A guerra civil e as violações que surgiram foram dominantes nas abordagens da imprensa escrita em Angola durante toda a década de 1990. O fim da guerra civil em 2002 impôs uma mudança de abordagem da imprensa angolana e maior exigência às liberdades de expressão e de informação. Não obstante a diversidade de jornais em Angola, a prática jornalística continua marcada por constrangimentos de vária ordem. O texto que se segue tem como enfoque as informações ocorridas durante o biénio de 2008-2009.
No seu livro intitulado Rebels and Robbers. Violence in post-colonial Angola (Rebeldes e ladrões:... more No seu livro intitulado Rebels and Robbers. Violence in post-colonial Angola (Rebeldes e ladrões: violência pós-colonial em Angola), publicado pelo Instituto Norueguês de Estudos Africanos, em 2007, Assis Malaquias dá corpo a uma perspectiva de análise que nos parece interessante a ter em conta, pois a ausência de um debate crítico sobre a violência tem criado zonas cinzentas na história do país.
Bush War. The road to Cuito Cuanavale. Sviet soldiers accounts of the Angolan war.
sean Kingston PUblishing, 2018
This essay as its starting point the argument that while hip-hop a a group of stlyles and cultura... more This essay as its starting point the argument that while hip-hop a a group of stlyles and cultural forms - spread worldwide from the afro-american gehttos of New York in the 1970s it had a particular reception and appropriation in Angola.