Tortura colonial no sul de Moçambique 1950-1974

Abstract

This research analysed the socio-political determinants that legitimised the PIDE's PIDE's inhumane incursions into the south of the country. In this work, we argue that the torture carried out in the 1950s to 1974 by the colonial government in the 1950s to 1974 cannot be seen as exclusive to a political context precipitated by the war of national liberation, as is referred to in the little literature on the subject. literature on the subject, but rather that colonialism institutionalised violence as a way of violence as a way of emphasising disparities and maintaining the superiority of the settlers over the indigenous people. to the detriment of the indigenous people. In order to carry out this work, we used a qualitative, deductive methodology. deductive methodology, which proceeds in a monographic manner, analysing particular cases that are expected to be representative of others. We conclude that colonial violence has always been institutionalised in order to reduce Mozambicans to insignificance. to insignificance, preventing them from rebelling or showing any form of resistance. show any form of resistance. The terror of torture was used as a mechanism to maintain the colonial order in force. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)