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Machel became independent Mozambique's first president and was affectionately referred to as "President Samora." Machel put his revolutionary principles into practice. As a Marxist, he called for the "nationalization" (government ownership) of the Portuguese plantations and property.
Mar 16, 2020 · Scholars have written extensively about the role Samora Machel played in FRELIMO during the armed struggle and as the first president of Mozambique. In sharp contrast, we know precious little about Samora’s formative years (1963–1970) and how they shaped his political thinking and action.
Samora Moisés Machel was born in 1933 in Portuguese-ruled colonial Mozambique and trained as a nursing auxiliary. He joined the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Mozambique Liberation Front, or Frelimo) soon after its foundation in 1962.
Oct 19, 2018 · Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the death of Samora Machel. He died on the 19th October 1986 under mysterious circumstances when their Tupolev 134 plane crashed into the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa.
Aug 28, 2009 · Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born on September 29, 1933, in the village of Chilembene, in the Gaza Province of Mozambique. He was of the Shangana ethnic group and was born into a family of farmers.
Oct 21, 1986 · Samora Moises Machel, the President of Mozambique, who was killed in a plane crash on Sunday, led a Marxist Government but was far from being an ideologue who strictly followed...
May 15, 2017 · In 1998, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) held hearings that investigated the possibility of foul play in the plane crash that killed Mozambican President Samora Machel on the night of 19 October 1986, near Mbuzini, South Africa.
