Andrea Vacha

Andrea Vacha holds a master’s degree in Sociology from the Università degli Studi di Torino, and worked for one year (2014) as a project manager at an NGO in Chibuto, Mozambique; that’s when he became interested in the history of Gaza. He is currently a doctoral student in Modern and Contemporary History at Iscte-IUL and an Fct fellow with the thesis Era uma vez Mundugaz. Narratives of King Ngungunhane in Mozambique and Portugal (1890-2020). Guest student at the Pedagogical University of Maputo and at Arpac (socio-cultural research institute of Mozambique) between January and April 2022.

Works in the field of the colonial press
Ongoing PhD project: Era uma vez Mundugaz. Narrativas do rei Ngungunhane em Moçambique e Portugal (1890-2020).

(2021). Vacha, Andrea. "Iconografia de Gungunhana: representações do rei negro em Portugal (1890-1940)". Práticas da História, 12, 53-93.

Fields of interest
Collective memory; history of Africa; etnography of Latin America; nationalisms; postcolonial studies.

Key words
Gungunhana; Portuguese colonialism; Mozambique; racism; national heroes.