Joacine Katar Moreira - Matchundadi - Género, Performance e Violência Política na Guiné-Bissau

"The hypermasculine, matchundadi culture operates within the structures of the State, seeking to transform endemic matchundadi into systemic matchundadi. That is, it seeks to institutionalize a modus operandi and a worldview in which the law of the strongest, the most powerful, and above all the most violent prevails, while this hypermasculinity translates the characteristics associated with men and masculinities, such as the redistribution of resources, the protection (and enrichment) of their clan, and the permanent threat to political adversaries. Thus, the matchundadi culture is highly performative but with consequences that clash with the democratic environment and social peace, as it thrives on political mimicry and is based on constant confrontation, on the demonstration of strength of some over others."
Joacine Katar Moreira