Mozambique divided The paths to prosperity are narrowing in this increasingly polarised country On the surface, Mozambique’s capital Maputo looks like a poster child for a new, prosperous Africa. New buildings and construction projects have replaced the ravages of the 1977-1992 civil war. Along the central business district’s bustling Julius Nyerere Avenue, white-collar workers—civil servants, NGO workers, professionals—appear to represent the thriving new middle class that forms part of the Africa rising narrative. This story and the statistics that bolster it offer only a partial picture of contemporary Mozambique. Growing social and economic fissures are starting to alienate even the…
