Rethinking the revolution in Mozambique

For a useful analysis of this group, see Jerry Sanders , Peddlers of Crisis: the Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment (London, 1983): on the more general issues of the renewed global confrontation see Fred Halliday , The Making of the Second Cold War (London, 1983 ).

Uncertainties induced by leadership changes have also played their part in this. For a brief discussion of some of the limitations of second world labour extensive development, see Phil O'Keefe , Barry Munslow , Daniel Weiner , 'Fewer jobs — more work? Structural changes and employment in the late twentieth century' , Am-bio (Vol XIII, no. 3, 1984).

See Barry Munslow , Mozambique: the revolution and its origins (London, 1983), part 2, for an account of the liberation struggle.

Report of the Central Committee to the 4th Congress, ( Maputo, 1983), p. 11. Unless otherwise stated, the statistical data presented m this article are taken from the documents prepared for the 4th Congress of Frelimo held in April 1983. The key text is Relatório do Comité Central Ao IV Congresso (Maputo, 1983). Where quotes have been used, these are referenced to the unofficial English language translation, Report of the Central Committee, for the convenience of the readers. Both texts are available from the Mozambique Information Office, 34 Percy Street, London WIP 9FG, England.

National Planning Commission , People's Republic of Mozambique: economic report (Maputo, 1984), p.24.

Report of the Central Committee to the 4th Congress, p.20.

See Jan March , Stop the War Against Angola and Mozambique (London, Campaign to Stop the War Against Angola and Mozambique, 1981), pp.27-36, for a catalogue of the attacks.

Centro de Estudos Africanos , O Trabalhador sazonal na transformacão duma economia de plantacões ( Maputo, 1981). For a recent analysis of the agrarian problems, see Barry Munslow , 'State intervention m agriculture: the Mozambican experience', Journal of Modern African Studies (Vol. 22, no. 2, 1984).

Report of the Central Committee, p.27.

Jacinto Veloso , 'Levantar e resolver os nossos problemas materias', Tempo (14 November 1982).

Mozambique Information Office , News Review (No. 8, 16 June 1983 ).

12 Agência de Informação de Moçambique (29 May 1983).

Report of the Central Committee, p.57.

See, for example, Centro de Estudos Africanos , Problemas de transformacão rural na provincia de Gaza ( Maputo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 1979).

On the nature and aims of SADCC, see A. Kgarebe (ed.), SADCC 2: Maputo (London, SADCC Liaison Committee, 1981); A.J. Nsekala (ed.), Southern Africa: toward economic liberation (London, 1981); R. Leys and A. Tostenson , 'Regional co-operation in Southern Africa: the Southern African Development Coordination Conference ', Review of African Political Economy (No. 23, 1982).

This argument is extensively addressed in Barry Munslow , 'Is socialism possible on the periphery?', Monthly Review, (Vol. 35, no. 1, 1983).

Guardian (3 April 1984).

National Planning Commission , op. cit., p.41.