The Life and Writings of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:5th May '26
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Explores the life and journalism of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira, highlighting her powerful role as a voice of resistance and testimony across colonial and postcolonial Lusophone Africa and Portugal
The Life and Writings of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira examines the life and journalism of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira, revealing how her fearless writing challenged colonial power and gave voice to the marginalized in Mozambique and Portugal. A vital contribution to Lusophone postcolonial studies.
The Life and Writings of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira offers a compelling examination of one of Mozambique’s most courageous yet underrecognized journalistic voices. Through close textual analysis and exclusive interviews, this book traces Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira’s life and work across colonial and postcolonial Mozambique and Portugal, revealing how her journalism served as both personal testimony and political resistance. More than a biography, it is a critical engagement with Lusophone identity, gender, and the enduring legacies of empire. Organized thematically to mirror the arc of her life, the book examines her role as a woman navigating male-dominated media, her confrontation with systemic injustice, and her literary activism on behalf of marginalized communities. Her translated reportage, presented here for the first time, captures the complexity of memory, migration, and freedom in times of upheaval. This volume speaks to anyone interested in how one voice can challenge silence and bear witness to the struggles for justice in the Lusophone world.
“A vital and eloquent recovery of a forgotten feminist voice of the Lusophone world. Sandra Sousa’s meticulous scholarship and sensitive curation bring Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira’s courage, intellect, and transnational vision vividly to life, illuminating intersections of journalism, decolonial struggle, and gendered resistance across Mozambique, Portugal, and Brazil.” —Margarida Rendeiro, Assistant Researcher, Centre for the Humanities (CHAM), NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, Portugal.
“In The Life and Writings of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira, Sandra Sousa reflects on the thought and work of a woman as important as she is forgotten by contemporary historiography. With a significant role played at decisive moments in the recent history of Mozambique and Brazil, Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira anticipates a series of issues that transcend her time and place. From different perspectives, Sandra Sousa presents diverse facets of one of the most interesting voices in the Lusophone contexts of the twentieth century.” —Nazir Ahmed Can, Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, and Director of the José Saramago Chair.
“Teresa de Sá Nogueira played a crucial role in Mozambique’s cultural history, and Sandra Sousa’s research illuminates this significance with remarkable depth and clarity. This book represents an important and much-needed contribution to African studies in Portuguese.”—Carmen Lúcia Tindó Secco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ISBN: 9781839998102
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 16mm
Weight: 462g
216 pages