history of Mozambique

Table of Contents

Introduction
Precolonial period of Mozambique
- Early settlement
- The rise of the zimbabwe civilizations
- Arrival of the Portuguese
- Effects of the slave trade in Mozambique
Colonial Mozambique
- Consolidation of Portuguese control
- Mozambique under the New State regime
Independent Mozambique
- Mozambique as a one-party state
- Peace in Mozambique
- The 2014 elections
- Relationship between the government and Renamo
- Economic developments
- The 2019 cyclones
- The 2019 elections
- Insurgency in the north
- The 2024 elections

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Da Gama’s explorations
- In Vasco da Gama: The first voyage
German East Africa
- In German East Africa
independence
- In Southern Africa: Angola and Mozambique
Malawi
- In Malawi: Malawi since 1994
Mozambique Conventions
- In Mozambique Conventions
Mutare
- In Mutare
Portuguese colonists
- In Southern Africa: Colonists in Angola and Mozambique
prazo system
- In prazo
Renamo
- In Renamo
slave trade
- In Southern Africa: The continuation of the slave trade
South African support of Renamo
- In South Africa: The unraveling of apartheid
Zimbabwe’s independence struggle
- In Zimbabwe: Rhodesia and the UDI

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Kathleen Eddy Sheldon
Jeanne Marie Penvenne
Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. Research Fellow, African Studies Center, Boston University.
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Updated with the inaugurations of the new legislature and new president in January 2025 and the ongoing unrest over the disputed 2024 elections.	Amy McKenna	Jan 15, 2025
	Added detail about the disputed elections of 2024 and post-election unrest.	Amy McKenna	Dec 03, 2024
	New article added.	Amy McKenna	Sep 28, 2023