The Last Empire: Thirty Years of Portuguese Decolonization

This short volume provides a unique overview of the Portuguese empire, decolonization, and today's Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world hitherto unavailable in a single, comprehensive volume. It sums up admirably how decolonization and the struggle to democratize in Europe's last empire left an important legacy in today's Africa. More importantly, it captures how the struggle to find a basis for cooperation among national societies outside Europe and the Americas – linked together by a distinct cultural milieu spanning Africa and Asia and a European language and culture outside Europe – have been transformed into a continuing cultural identity that transcends colonialism and current economic and political realities.

Keywords: Portugal, history, Decolonization