<bold>Postcolonial people: the return from Africa and the remaking of Portugal</bold>,

The book review discusses &quot;Postcolonial People: the return from Africa and the remaking of Portugal&quot; by Christoph Kalter. The book examines the impact of the mass repatriation of over half a million settlers from Portugal&#39;s former African colonies after decolonization. The reviewer, a native of Mozambique, relates to the narratives in the book as a migrant of decolonization. The book explores the unsettled migration regimes in Portugal and the challenges faced by both the returnees and the metropolitan citizens. It also highlights the need for a sustained study of decolonization migration to understand Europe&#39;s postwar history. The book challenges nostalgic identity politics and provides a more rigorous historical investigation. It analyzes the treatment of coerced migrants, the accomplishments and limitations of state integration policies, and the distortions in the returnees&#39; recollections of their colonial experience. The book also discusses the recent &quot;memory boom&quot; and the narratives of the return as traumatic loss or successful integration. It challenges prevailing fictions and highlights the enduring impacts of decolonization on both the colonies and the metropolitan citizens. [Extracted from the article]