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Portugal Colonial
''Portugal Colonial : revista de expansão e propaganda colonial'' (Portuguese for ''Colonial Portugal: Review on Colonial Expansion and Propaganda'') was a magazine related to events in the colonies of the Portuguese Empire outside the Portuguese Main (which also included the Azores and Madeira). Publication began in March 1931 and finished in February 1937, it made 72 issues. Its content with the name of the title related to the events in the Portuguese colonies (even with its large notorious attention on the Angolan colony) "a sharing of the reflections on many different problemas related to the administration and the development of the colonies, denounced problems, representing interests of the corporative press and defend solutions". In sum, the essence of a colonial mission was stopped, with the participation of a gallery of individuals (governor's members, senior cadres of the colonial administration, troops, etc.,), in between, writers who published the review included Henri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrique Galvão
Henrique Carlos da Mata Galvão (4 February 1895 – 25 June 1970) was a Portuguese military officer, writer and politician. He was initially a supporter but later become one of the strongest opponents of the Portuguese Estado Novo under António de Oliveira Salazar. Career On 1 August 1934 he was created a Grand-Officer of the Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In the 1940s, while serving as the Angolan Deputy to the Portuguese National Assembly, Henrique Galvão read his "Report on Native Problems in the Portuguese Colonies" at the Assembly. In this report, Galvão condemned the "shameful outrages" he had uncovered under the then "Statute of the Indigenous", notably the forced labour of "women, of children, ndof decrepit old men." He concluded that, in Angola, "only the dead are really exempt from forced labor". Furthermore, he stated that as many as 30% of all Angolan forced labourers died. Galvão cited the government's policy of replacing deceased native workers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |