Dear colleagues,
We have the highest honor to invite everyone to our first lecture of the semester, to be given by Professor Ioanna Sitaridou from the University
of Cambridge, UK, with the theme: The Sri-Lankan Afro-Portuguese the connections with Mozambique.
The process of colonization in the Indian Ocean had multiple effects among peoples in the region. One of these effects was forced migrations
from the mainland to the various islands of the Indian Ocean. In the specific case of Sri Lanka (also known as Ceylon Island), the ethnolinguistic effects seem even more complex. Sri Lanka suffered three waves of colonization: the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the British colonization. However, and although Portuguese colonization was partially interrupted in the mid-seventeenth century, the presence of the Portuguese and African language and culture has remained until today. While the influence of Portuguese culture in Sri Lanka is represented by the “Burghers” and the “Kaffrinha”, the African culture is represented by the Afro Sri Lankans and their tradition of “Manja”. Currently, Professor Ioanna Sitaridou leads a research project that aims to explore, reconstruct and document the influence of African languages, with emphasis on Mozambique, in the cultural complex of the Afro Sri Lankans, through the oral tradition represented by the “Manjas”. As part of her visit to CEA-UEM, Professor Ioanna Sitaridou, offers us a lecture where she reflects on the preliminary results of a promising and important project on the role of Mozambique in the socio-cultural and demographic dynamics of the Indian Ocean.
The lecture will take place next Friday, April 17, starting at 2:00 pm (Maputo time).
Colleagues who are in Maputo, your places await you in the mythical Room 47 of the CEA.
For colleagues who are outside Maputo, we count on your presence in the virtual room through the Zoom platform, whose link follows below:
https://zoom.us/j/98717280335?pwd=PEh4fJqLzCcpMgO3A71xllGJI88LxS.1
Meeting ID: 987 1728 0335
Passcode: 335608