Bárbara Direito (2020), Terra e Colonialismo em Moçambique. A região de Manica e Sofala sob a Companhia de Moçambique, 1892-1942

When Mocambique applied successfully to join the Commonwealth in 1995, a lot of people were taken by surprise, not least the British Government. However, those who knew something of Mocambique’s history understood that, although not formally a British colony, much of country had, during the early colonial period, been ruled by British-owned companies – the Niassa Company, the Mocambique Company and the extensive territories effectively under the control of Sena Sugar, while the largely Britis...