The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa : Routledge : 9780367704100 : 0367704102 : 31 May 2023 : Placed in the wider scope of post-war European decolonisation migrations, The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa looks at the "Return" of the Portuguese nationals living in the African colonies when they became independent. Using an interdisciplinary research agenda, the book presents a collection of research essays written by experts in the fields of anthropology, history, literature and the arts, that look at a wide range of memory narratives through which the Return?as well as the experiences of war, violence, loss and trauma?have been expressed, contested and internalised in the social realm. These narratives include testimonial accounts from the so-called retornados from Africa and their descendants, as well as works of fiction and public memory?novels, television series, artworks, films or social media?that have come to mediate the public understanding of