1. Introduction
From the fifteenth to the twentieth century, almost all African countries were under colonial dominance, characterised, among other things, by cultural representation of Africans, that is, "we" to mean European and "others" to mean African. Mozambique was no exception in his cultural domination. The end of colonialism in the late twentieth century, emphasised by the New World Order, changed the type of relationship between countries, from domination to alliance.
This essay entitled "From dominance to alliance concerning cultural relations The Netherlands - Mozambique: The acceptance of Mozambican arts in The Netherlands", aims to analyse the current cultural relations between The Netherlands -Mozambique, based on the …show more content…
3. Problem
Throughout the five hundred years of the colonial empire the Mozambican lifestyle was reduced to almost nothing, including those of the areas of politics, economics and culture. In the area of culture the population of Mozambique was viewed as a people without culture, a people without history, and all of its cultural displays were considered to be folklore by his metropolis - Portugal.
During the exploitation of Republic of South Africa by NL, although there was a little difference in terms of local cultural consideration, the general scope was the same, that is, under appreciating the native culture.
During the 1960’s Africa was liberated from the colonial empire and Mozambique was not an exception, as late in 1975 it became independent from Portugal while Republic of South Africa was already independent from NL in 1910. By that time, apart from the political independence as such, there was also the end of representation in the area of culture then, emerged a strong cultural cooperation between