About João Paulo Borges Coelho
Born 1955. João Paulo Borges Coelho is a Mozambican historian, writer and university teacher.
João Paulo Borges Coelho (born in Porto, Portugal in 1955) is a Mozambican historian and writer. He studied history in Maputo and was awarded a PhD in economic and social history from the University of Bradford. He is professor of contemporary history at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, and editor of Arquivo, the journal of the Mozambican National Archive in Maputo, a specialist in military history and has acted as an academic adviser to the Mozambican Ministry of Defence. He is also a writer; in 2009 he won the LEYA Novel Prize.
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Mozambican historian and writer
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João Paulo Borges Coelho was born in 1955 in Porto.
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João Paulo Borges Coelho is a historian, writer and university teacher.
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