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It is frequently said that the history of a country is influenced by its ruling elites. The history of Mozambique’s Swiss community provides a good example of this statement. Analysis of its past will reveal much about the present state of this former African Portuguese colony.
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Chichava, S.I. (2013). Unlike the Other Whites? The Swiss in Mozambique under Colonialism. In: Morier-Genoud, E., Cahen, M. (eds) Imperial Migrations. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265005_6
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