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Reviews REVIEWS E  , Harri, From War to Peace on the Mozambique-Malawi Borderland , Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press for the International African Library, 2002, 217 pp., 7486 1577 6, £16.99 (paper). The highway from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, to its main com- mercial city, Blantyre, runs for several miles south of Dedza along the international boundary with Mozambique. In the 1960s, drivers some- times stopped to buy cheap wine and piri piri chicken at the handful of Portuguese-owned stores and bars invitingly located on the Mozambican side of the road. After the independence of Mozambique in 1975 these stores fell into ruin and instead, for several years from 1986, passers- by were greeted on the Mozambican side by deserted fi elds stretching as far as the eye could see. They stood in marked contrast to the packed settlements, swollen with thousands of refugees from the Frelimo- Renamo war, which lined the road on the Malawian side. Since 1993, the refugees have departed, cultivation in Mozambique has resumed and new markets have been opened in Malawi selling garden produce, notably potatoes and tomatoes. Today, as in the 1960s however, almost all travellers pause for only a few minutes before resuming http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

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Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 34 (3): 393 – Jan 1, 2004
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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REVIEWS E  , Harri, From War to Peace on the Mozambique-Malawi Borderland , Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press for the International African Library, 2002, 217 pp., 7486 1577 6, £16.99 (paper). The highway from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, to its main com- mercial city, Blantyre, runs for several miles south of Dedza along the international boundary with Mozambique. In the 1960s, drivers some- times stopped to buy cheap wine and piri piri chicken at the handful of Portuguese-owned stores and bars invitingly located on the Mozambican side of the road. After the independence of Mozambique in 1975 these stores fell into ruin and instead, for several years from 1986, passers- by were greeted on the Mozambican side by deserted fi elds stretching as far as the eye could see. They stood in marked contrast to the packed settlements, swollen with thousands of refugees from the Frelimo- Renamo war, which lined the road on the Malawian side. Since 1993, the refugees have departed, cultivation in Mozambique has resumed and new markets have been opened in Malawi selling garden produce, notably potatoes and tomatoes. Today, as in the 1960s however, almost all travellers pause for only a few minutes before resuming

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Published: Jan 1, 2004

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