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Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development

- Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965–2007
Af: Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman Engelsk Paperback

Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development

- Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965–2007
Af: Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman Engelsk Paperback
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Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world’s fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam—from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in this area of unpredictable rainfall. “The project, however, actually resulted in cascading layers of human displacement, violence, and environmental destruction. Its electricity benefited few Mozambicans, even after the former guerrillas of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) came to power; instead, it fed industrialization in apartheid South Africa.” (Richard Roberts)
This in-depth study of the region examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam’s shadow.

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Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world’s fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam—from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in this area of unpredictable rainfall. “The project, however, actually resulted in cascading layers of human displacement, violence, and environmental destruction. Its electricity benefited few Mozambicans, even after the former guerrillas of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) came to power; instead, it fed industrialization in apartheid South Africa.” (Richard Roberts)
This in-depth study of the region examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam’s shadow.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 324
ISBN-13: 9780821420331
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 082142033X
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 10 apr 2013
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 153mm
Højde: 231mm
Forlag: Ohio University Press
Oplagsdato: 10 apr 2013
Forfatter(e): Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman
Forfatter(e) Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780821420331

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 324

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 153mm

Højde 231mm

Udg. Dato 10 apr 2013

Oplagsdato 10 apr 2013

Forlag Ohio University Press

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