Based on extensive field work and employing a sophisticated theoretical framework, Natália Bueno reveals the complexity of reconciliation politics in Mozambique over three decades. This work marks an important contribution not only to our understanding of Mozambican politics, but also to transitional justice research more generally. This is a fantastic book and deserves a wide readership.

Ernesto Verdeja, University of Notre Dame

Reconciliation Operationalized in Mozambique by Natália Bueno is a timely new study of the evolution of reconciliation in Mozambique since the 1992 peace accord, which ended a brutal sixteen-years of civil war. A relapse of targeted armed conflict in 2013 ended only after a new peace agreement between the government and ex-guerrilla fighters, RENAMO in 2019. This book examines what reconciliation means and charts how reconciliation evolved in Mozambique over thirty years. It also evaluates the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms used to encourage reconciliation. An important new resource for scholars and policy practitioners seeking to understand why Mozambique relapsed into targeted armed conflict, how to avoid a further relapse and whether there are lessons for other post conflict states.

Alex Vines, Chatham House & Coventry University