Bidspirit auction | MACHADO (A. J. de Mello).

MACHADO (A. J. de Mello). ENTRE os Macuas de Angoche. Lisboa. 1970. - MACHADO (A. J. de Mello) ENTRE os Macuas de Angoche . Historiando Moçambique. Lisboa: Prelo, 1970. [16], 734, [18] pp.: il.; 245 mm. First edition. A voluminous ethnographic and historical monograph by Major AJ de Mello Machado, a Portuguese army officer with extensive field experience in Mozambique. The work, subtitled *Historiando Moçambique * (History of Mozambique), is one of the most comprehensive studies on the Macua people of Angoche published in Portuguese: it describes the territory, inhabitants, languages, customs, religions – with special attention to Islam and Sufi brotherhoods – demographics, settlement, economy, and history of the region, from the first contacts with the Swahili sultanates and Arab merchants to the Portuguese colonial occupation. Highly regarded and sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate