The liberation struggle involves also the Education of the
people; the uncovering of the dark pall which 450 years of Portuguese colonial obscurantism cast over the eyes of our people and
giving the opportunity ..tp see .themselves and the world more broadly. In or^^i^to^chi^e :t^iS^^ELIM0|is establishing primary schools in all£! liberated are^s, in those frer African countries, such
as Tanzania, v/hich care enough to give us facilities; secondary,
teacher training and nursing programmes, vi/e have sent abroad a
large number of 'Students 'for higher studies; in fact many more
than the Portuguese colorifalists have ever educated at the University level. For our people, the Africa is a Day of Enlightenment.
We therefore wish to take- this opportunity to greet our African Brothers who are now-fre# from colonialis*;: to hail them for
their successes in the £bTitical, economic and social struggles
which they have won and are still winning I We wish to greet the
people of Tanzania for the dynamic leadership they are showing in
the struggle against economic and social exploitation and for the
support which they are giving to the liberation struggle in all of
Southern Africa; we wish to hail the Organisation of African Unity
for^ its untiring efforts on behalf of the liberation of Southern
Africa. We hail the peoples of the world who support our struggle
because they feel that without our freedom theirs is meaningless.
We wish to greet the  peoples of Guinea(Bissau), Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe , Comoros Isles, who are now fighting
side by side with us to free Africa from European oppression and
slavery. We believe that as we strive to free ourselves together
we contribute towards African Unity.
For The Central Committee of FRELIMO
Eduardo C* Mondlane*
2 5 May 1968*
FRELIMO EDUCATES ME... (from pag. 4)
Our party educates us; not just teaching us about unity but
about many other things. Before, I couldn't study because my parents had no money. Now in my detachment I am learning and I go to
school. Since I joined FRELIMO, gRELIMO has been educating me,
teaching me. FRELIMO does that to raise our level of political
consciousness.
Our people have suffered a areat deal, my parents, I myself,
have been exploited, my uncle was murdered, but thanks to the
party I understand now. I do not hate the Portuguese people; we
are fighting colonialism; our enemies are the army, the police,
PIDE, capitalism, imperialism, feudalism.
I want to say again tiiat my greatest wish is to see Mozambique independent: I will fight for that.
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