Amadeu is a Portuguese native of Braga who decided to take scales to a fair in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, 32 years ago. What began as a temporary trip became a three-decade stay, with the businessman remaining in the African city since then.
The Portuguese news agency Lusa broadcast this success story of Portuguese emigration to Africa, in a video that accompanies the piece. Paulo Julião signs the text, Fernando Cumaio the video and Lina Cebola the photographs documenting Amadeu's experience in Maputo.
The case illustrates the phenomenon of many Portuguese who left for Africa during the post-colonial period and remained there, building lives and businesses in countries such as Mozambique. The scales from Braga symbolically represent that connection between Portugal and the African continent.
The title of the report suggests that Amadeu continues to carry out his commercial activity in Maputo, demonstrating the capacity for adaptation and survival that characterized many Portuguese emigrants in Africa over the past decades.
