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Ilha de Mozambique, Mozambique
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Island memory, built heritage, oral histories, and Indian Ocean routes anchored in Ilha de Mozambique.
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Palácio de São Paulo. Ilha de Moçambique, 2017. © Verónica M. Pereira In Stone Town, a monument that catches one's attention is the bright magenta Palace of São Paulo, also known as the Palácio dos Capitães-Generais....
Church of Santo António, Island of Moçambique. © Verónica Mateus Pereira, 2017 On the edge of the beach, on one of the highest grounds of the Island and framed by palm trees, lies the Church (sometimes also referred t...
Architecturally, it is built in Manueline style, being the only one of its kind, in a good state of conservation, in all Subsaarian regions of Africa. It is also considered to be the oldest European construction in th...
This is an excerpt from the interview with Hafiz Jamu , in 2017. Interviewer: What do you think of the way museums, on the Island of Mozambique, are made? Hafiz Jamu: That is not our story. It is not the history of th...
Hafiz was a key part of these interviews shared on HeritageLab. He introduced me to several fellow community leaders, showed the pathways across all of the Island, was a interpreter, and most of all a partner during f...
About Dinho ’s occupation and educational/professional background. I’m the head of the tourism operators association of the Island of Mozambique. My occupation is being an accounting technician but I’m trained in heri...
The Island of Mozambique's urban fabric is marked by the presence of buildings that once were fortified trading posts (feitorias in Portuguese), constructed as the Portuguese took power over the Island in the fifteent...
Everything about the Island. I'm linked more to the arts. For example, I try to protect the traditional clothing, now there are not many people to do that, because there is a fold that is made with cloths and there ar...
I created the Fishermen Association of the Island of Mozambique which searches for alternatives for fishermen’s work and also has the role to defend nature and fauna. Sometimes the fishermen's community wants immediat...
The tourist comes and he is happy that he can buy things, buy some beers… And we make some money with this. We can make money without tourists, but it is not the same.
I show the capulana [traditional fabric for clothing], the mussiro, and the local dances. There is a dance that is called Tufo, only for women. When they dance it they put on the mussiro.
I know people should be educated to guide tourists. It is revenue that can help pave more roads and rehabilitate houses. There should be a House of Culture, to tell stories to the tourists. Because the young people th...
Just as I was saying goodbye to young salesman Henrique , a friend of his stops by. Unlike him, Cláudio was continuing with his studies at Ilha. He had a little time to chat. Cláudio Lino. Island of Mozambique, 2017....
The island of Mozambique is a very wonderful place but in terms of living, we are living here according to the tides. The island sometimes gets bad for living because the main activity is fishing. There are worse plac...
Close to Amina Momade , was this young man named Yunusso, born and raised on Island of Mozambique. As such, we talked for a few minutes. Yunusso Ahamada in Amina Momade's home Yunusso Ahamada Unemployed, 22 years old...
The foreigners at the time when they came had good hearts and approach. She is a person who has needs and they helped people. They have to come. They have to come as they always did the same way they built their house...
I feel the Island is isolated. There are no jobs. The children go to school, study and when they finish there are no job opportunities. It is complicated. People sometimes leave the Island to get jobs, but when they r...
In the old days, I've seen ladies painting themselves. They have their own traditional make-up, the mussiro, I do not know how to say in other languages, we have the shells too. We also have popular dance for girls. T...
There is a difficulty to work because there are no materials to work with. No needle, fabric, pieces for the machines, it is very hard. This machines were bought by 2250 escudos [former Portuguese currency] and then h...
"What are you doing right now?" Zé Luís: Now, I’m doing a turtle bracelet. Besides turtles, I also craft on ivory, pau-preto (Blackwood)… I work with a lot of materials. (...) I’m a sculptor, a turner, a carpenter. Yo...
The main mosque rised amonsgst the ground level houses that surrond it, painted in green and white. Behind it, a busy beach begins appearing. The cobble street gets replaced by sand, and every step takes us to a a pro...
Walking outside the Hotel "O Escondinho", located on a small square, one could oftentimes find Henrique Ali selling all sorts of African-made objects, mostly made of different types of wood.