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The resilience of culture
The film ‘The Sound of Masks’ explores dance, memory and the meaning of life, ancestry, culture and political struggle in postcolonial Mozambique.
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Paolo Israel is Associate Professor of the Department of History at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He is the author of In Step with the Times: Mapiko Masquerades of Mozambique.
The film ‘The Sound of Masks’ explores dance, memory and the meaning of life, ancestry, culture and political struggle in postcolonial Mozambique.