João Paulo Borges Coelho (born in

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in 1955) is a Mozambican historian and writer. He studied history in

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and was awarded a

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in economic and social history from the

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. He is professor of contemporary history at the

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, Maputo, and editor of ''Arquivo'', the journal of the Mozambican National Archive in Maputo, a specialist in military history and has acted as an academic adviser to the Mozambican Ministry of Defence. He is also a writer; in 2009 he won the LEYA Novel Prize.See the biography in ''Jornal de Letras'' (Lisbon), 2009-11-04

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Further sources

* Curriculum Vitae:

* Article on JPBC:

* Bibliography

* Interview with JPBC in ''Expresso África'' (Lisbon), 2006-04-1

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