A representação da morte nas narrativas literárias “A noiva de Kebera” e “O filho de Mussassa”, de Aldino Muianga

Représentation ya liwa na ba narratives littéraires "La mariée de Kebera" na "Mwana ya Mussassa", ya Aldino Muianga

Abstract

African societies, pre-established and governed based on their cultural cosmovisions, have their own conceptions of culture, traditions, rituals, deaths and beliefs that involve this process of death. From this perspective, subjects about rites and beliefs around the dead and ancestors are central points of approach in the short stories “The bride of Kebera” and “The son of Mussassa”, by the Mozambican writer Aldino Muianga. For these elements that involve the process of death are seen, in these narratives, as important constituents in the stability of villages and in the cultural preservation of a certain people. For this reason, the purpose of this work is to analyze the representation of death, for certain Mozambican traditions, and from this perspective, to analyze certain beliefs and ritualistic practices resulting from the death process, as well as to examine how the deceased are elevated to the dimensions of important entities in the cultural preservation and stability of the Sangwa and Mpissane villages mentioned in the tales. Therefore, the short stories “The bride of Kebera” and “The son of Mussassa” stand out absolutely because they bring, in their narratives, a perspective of differentiated analysis of subjects such as death. Therefore, the themes in the short story are addressed and expressed from the perspective of the culture of Mozambique and Africa and not from the Western or European cosmovision.