Re: [Goanet] Scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, Pink Map, British Ultimatum, and the demise of the Portuguese monarchy... could Goa's history have been different?
So, was that a watering down of the sentiment from the time A Portuguesa was written or what? Here's a rendition of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Portuguesa.ogg Quite rousing, but one wouldn't guess the politics behind the notes at that time... QUOTE However, the song was perceived as a political weapon, and it was soon converted into a republican hymn. This political co-option of the theme's original meaning forced both authors to disavow this vision and stress its purely non-partisan sentiments.[2] On 31 January 1891, a republican-inspired rebellion broke out in the northern city of Porto and A Portuguesa was adopted by the rebels as their marching song. UNQUOTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portuguesa Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 14 February 2011 07:56, Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Hence the lines on the current Portuguese national anthem (A Portuguesa), which originally went, I believe: Contra os Bretões marchar, marchar (now goes Contra os canhões marchar, marchar). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portuguesa
[Goanet] Scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, Pink Map, British Ultimatum, and the demise of the Portuguese monarchy... could Goa's history have been different?
The Scramble for Africa [1] in particular and the general European race for colonies, after the Berlin Conference of 1884 [2] etc, can be seen to have ultimately culminated in World War I. But could it be argued that the Portuguese-British dispute over Africa, led to the demise of the Portuguese monarchy and the rise of Republicanism (which took root in 1910) itself? While browsing, I came across The Pink Map [3] -- (Portuguese: Mapa cor-de-rosa), primarily a document representing Portugal's claim of sovereignty over the land between Angola and Mozambique, which today is currently Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The Pink Map collided with Sir Cecil Rhodes' Cape to Cairo Red Line. The dispute with the United Kingdom over these territories led to the 1890 British Ultimatum [4], to which Portugal gave in, causing serious damage to the image of the Portuguese monarchy, and the subsequent rise of the Republican political movement. --FN [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Conference [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Map [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa | Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Afro-Brazilian musicians in Goa (photoset on Flickr): http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157625793593769/ |
Re: [Goanet] Scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, Pink Map, British Ultimatum, and the demise of the Portuguese monarchy... could Goa's history have been different?
Hence the lines on the current Portuguese national anthem (A Portuguesa), which originally went, I believe: Contra os Bretões marchar, marchar (now goes Contra os canhões marchar, marchar). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portuguesa - Original Message From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoron...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Mon, 14 February, 2011 11:00:41 AM Subject: [Goanet] Scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, Pink Map, British Ultimatum, and the demise of the Portuguese monarchy... could Goa's history have been different? While browsing, I came across The Pink Map [3] -- (Portuguese: Mapa cor-de-rosa), primarily a document representing Portugal's claim of sovereignty over the land between Angola and Mozambique, which today is currently Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The Pink Map collided with Sir Cecil Rhodes' Cape to Cairo Red Line. The dispute with the United Kingdom over these territories led to the 1890 British Ultimatum [4], to which Portugal gave in, causing serious damage to the image of the Portuguese monarchy, and the subsequent rise of the Republican political movement. --FN
