Brad Safarik

Catholic University of the West | UCO · Political Science

This paper aims to explore the historical processes of exogenous social organizing in rural Angola leading up to the unprecedented involvement of a network of civil society actors known as Rede Terra (Land Network) during the legislative process of the latest land law of 2004, while highlighting the influences that Mozambique’s previous similar exp...

Describe the recent history of Angola, describing how its colonial past informs its current trajectory

This article give a general overview of Angola's economy, heavily reliant on the oil sector, and its meager attempts at economic diversification.

Angola’s colonial past has served as a symbolic lodestar for the government’s plans reimagining the future spaces of the countryside. However, a confluence of historical influences and partisan political aims has weighed heavy on the plans behind revitalizing the sector to the detriment of agricultural production and rural Angolans alike. With the...

O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, e o presidente do Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, usam discurso e política anti-imigração como ferramenta política para atrair e fortalecer suas bases eleitorais. Nos dois casos, o discurso da campanha foi transmitida à administração. As implicações dessa estratégia na percepção pública dos imigrantes serão examinadas co...