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THE MOZAMBIQUE INSTITUTE (INSTITUTO MOPAMBICANO) P. 0. Box 20773 Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika 9 October 1964 The spirit of freedom which has gained independence in most other African countries is now being felt in Mozambique, a lovely tropical country on Africa's east coast. Although Portugal dates her colonial occupation from the 17th century, Europeans number less than one-tenth of one percent of Mozambique's seven million people. Mozambique has been called af,land of silence", for the harsh dictatorship of the Portuguese has closed normal communications between its colony and the outside world. It was not "until 1961, when nationalists in Angola became engaged in the war which is still in progress that public attention was turned to these territories. However, several hundreds of thousands of African workers have left Mozambique since the early 1900!s to escape the oppressive labour system of that country, and such v/orkers have made a vital contribution to the countries surrounding their homeland. Now it is the political refugee that is coming from Mozambique, as they have been coming from Angola for the past three years. In the past week, 5,000 men, women and children have crossed into southern Tanganyika with tales of the horror of killing, burning villages and wholesale destruction by the Portuguese. The desire of the African nationalists for an independent country and the opposition of the present Portuguese rulers is a problem that can be settled only at the political level. Meanwhile, they wait for the day when they may return to live in a country freed from one of the cruellest oppressions known to the African continent. Something must be done to give the Mozambique refugee population an opportunity to make a temporary place for themselves. The sudden flow of 5,000 persons is, if we take counsel from the Angolan situation, only a beginning. It will be a growing problem, one which must be handled by various refugee organisations. There are already several groups working on the refugee problem in Tanganyika. The Tanganyika Government relates its concern in three different ministries: the Vice-President's Office for defense and resettlement; the Ministry of External Affairs on the political level; the Ministry of Home Affairs with refugees living in and around the urban centre of Dar es Salaam. In addition, there are some volunteer organizations such as the local Christian Council of Tanganyika, the Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service and the African-American Institute. Tanganyika, as host to refugees from all of the southern part of Africa, no doubt welcomes the aid she can obtain in handling this heavey problem. It has been estimated that there are presently 150,000 Mozambicans in Tanganyika, many of these having fled the forced labour conditions within their own country. Now, with the sudden on-slaught of many thousands more, the question we are concerned with here is: What can be done to help eager young Mozambican refugees face a future in which they will be leaders of an independent state? The Mozambique Institute is looking for an answer.
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Full text | THE MOZAMBIQUE INSTITUTE (INSTITUTO MOPAMBICANO) P. 0. Box 20773 Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika 9 October 1964 The spirit of freedom which has gained independence in most other African countries is now being felt in Mozambique, a lovely tropical country on Africa's east coast. Although Portugal dates her colonial occupation from the 17th century, Europeans number less than one-tenth of one percent of Mozambique's seven million people. Mozambique has been called af,land of silence", for the harsh dictatorship of the Portuguese has closed normal communications between its colony and the outside world. It was not "until 1961, when nationalists in Angola became engaged in the war which is still in progress that public attention was turned to these territories. However, several hundreds of thousands of African workers have left Mozambique since the early 1900!s to escape the oppressive labour system of that country, and such v/orkers have made a vital contribution to the countries surrounding their homeland. Now it is the political refugee that is coming from Mozambique, as they have been coming from Angola for the past three years. In the past week, 5,000 men, women and children have crossed into southern Tanganyika with tales of the horror of killing, burning villages and wholesale destruction by the Portuguese. The desire of the African nationalists for an independent country and the opposition of the present Portuguese rulers is a problem that can be settled only at the political level. Meanwhile, they wait for the day when they may return to live in a country freed from one of the cruellest oppressions known to the African continent. Something must be done to give the Mozambique refugee population an opportunity to make a temporary place for themselves. The sudden flow of 5,000 persons is, if we take counsel from the Angolan situation, only a beginning. It will be a growing problem, one which must be handled by various refugee organisations. There are already several groups working on the refugee problem in Tanganyika. The Tanganyika Government relates its concern in three different ministries: the Vice-President's Office for defense and resettlement; the Ministry of External Affairs on the political level; the Ministry of Home Affairs with refugees living in and around the urban centre of Dar es Salaam. In addition, there are some volunteer organizations such as the local Christian Council of Tanganyika, the Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service and the African-American Institute. Tanganyika, as host to refugees from all of the southern part of Africa, no doubt welcomes the aid she can obtain in handling this heavey problem. It has been estimated that there are presently 150,000 Mozambicans in Tanganyika, many of these having fled the forced labour conditions within their own country. Now, with the sudden on-slaught of many thousands more, the question we are concerned with here is: What can be done to help eager young Mozambican refugees face a future in which they will be leaders of an independent state? The Mozambique Institute is looking for an answer. |
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