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On Education: «We had the chance to visit two day schools and one boarding school and were most impressed; in fact FRELIMO schools seemed to offer perfect examples of what President Nyerere must have meant by 'education for self- reliance'. We saw students growing their own food and relying as little as possible on their parents or outside supplies. We found a curriculum that combined science, mathematic and history lessons, political and military training and agricultural activity. And we talked with students whose main goal seemed to be to finish their training as quickly as possible so that they might become teachers in their turn! Of course, we could not ignore the obvious difficulties which this education programme faced, though in many ways, this made the achievements all the more impressive. As we saw, students too often do face shortages of food, proper shelter and clothes, and too often despite their enthusiasm for education they also lack sufficient education materials to read or with which to write. But these particular legacies of a bankrupt colonialism seem merely i to spur FRELIMO to greater efforts and indeed the teachers in the liberated zones were among the most impressive cadres whom we met in our travels. On Fighters: «In all our marching we naturally spent much of our time with the FRELIMO fighters themselves. Over hours of contact with them we were continually struck by the degree of unity and determination displayed by these militants, often younger than ourselves. We realised, perhaps for the first time, what it means to undergo genuine hardships- marches of hundreds of miles through swamps, sleep snatched for a few hours in mosquito and tsetse fly infested forests, and gnawing hunger. Yet what to us was a mere excursion to be endured for a few brief weeks, is the daily lot of the dedicated men of FRELIMO. We were therefore surprised to record that at no single moment did we notice the least sign of indiscipline, nor in more off-guard moments, anything resembling grumbling. Discipline and organisation are central in a revolution and it appeared to us that FRELIMO is very much better disciplined and organised than most of us had been led to believe. On the People: ((Equally impressive was the relationship which we saw to exist between FRELIMO soldiers and the peasants themselves. We were particularly struck by the fact that the peasants were voluntarily transporting ammunition from the border to FRELIMO bases during our march south and their commitment was also apparent to us when peasants made generous donations of such food-stuffs as they could afford when we passed by, like chicken, maize, nuts, etc. But such examples from our own immediate experiences merely bore out the general picture which was everywhere conveyed to us: that the fighters of FRELIMO can only make progress with the full support of the people themselves and that it is just such support which they have managed to earn.» The students concluded their press conference by pledging their solidarity with the struggle of the Mozambican people, and by announcing, on behalf of the students of the University of Dar Es Salaam, the creation of a 'FRELIMO fund'. In doing so they invited contributions of 'clothes, salt, sugar, almost anything that could be of use' from 'any person or group of persons who have a conscience and are pained by injustice in society.'
Object Description
Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 47 (1971 May-June) |
Description | Contents: The truth that Portugal cannot conceal - Editorial (p. 1); Reports from the military front (p. 3); The freedom struggle - as the people see it - a people's meeting in Tete province (p. 6); Josina you are not dead (p.11); Marching with FRELIMO - Dar Students visit free Mozambique (p.12); A journalist in search of the facts - Articles by a Tanzanian journalist (p.14); Report on Guinea-Bissau by a frelimo delegation (p.16); The UN must face the NATO's challenge - FRELIMO's meeting with UN committee (p.18); Mueda must not be forgotten (p. 20); The forces of reaction close their ranks (p. 21); But the opposition grows (p. 22). |
Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273466 |
Coverage date | 1955/1971-07 |
Creator | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Department of Information |
Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | Dar Es Salaam, U.R. of Tanzania |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date issued | 1971-05/1971-06 |
Type |
texts images |
Format | 28 p. |
Format (aat) | newsletters |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
Filename | CENPA-345 |
Description
Title | CENPA-345~15 |
Filename | CENPA-345~15.tiff |
Full text | On Education: «We had the chance to visit two day schools and one boarding school and were most impressed; in fact FRELIMO schools seemed to offer perfect examples of what President Nyerere must have meant by 'education for self- reliance'. We saw students growing their own food and relying as little as possible on their parents or outside supplies. We found a curriculum that combined science, mathematic and history lessons, political and military training and agricultural activity. And we talked with students whose main goal seemed to be to finish their training as quickly as possible so that they might become teachers in their turn! Of course, we could not ignore the obvious difficulties which this education programme faced, though in many ways, this made the achievements all the more impressive. As we saw, students too often do face shortages of food, proper shelter and clothes, and too often despite their enthusiasm for education they also lack sufficient education materials to read or with which to write. But these particular legacies of a bankrupt colonialism seem merely i to spur FRELIMO to greater efforts and indeed the teachers in the liberated zones were among the most impressive cadres whom we met in our travels. On Fighters: «In all our marching we naturally spent much of our time with the FRELIMO fighters themselves. Over hours of contact with them we were continually struck by the degree of unity and determination displayed by these militants, often younger than ourselves. We realised, perhaps for the first time, what it means to undergo genuine hardships- marches of hundreds of miles through swamps, sleep snatched for a few hours in mosquito and tsetse fly infested forests, and gnawing hunger. Yet what to us was a mere excursion to be endured for a few brief weeks, is the daily lot of the dedicated men of FRELIMO. We were therefore surprised to record that at no single moment did we notice the least sign of indiscipline, nor in more off-guard moments, anything resembling grumbling. Discipline and organisation are central in a revolution and it appeared to us that FRELIMO is very much better disciplined and organised than most of us had been led to believe. On the People: ((Equally impressive was the relationship which we saw to exist between FRELIMO soldiers and the peasants themselves. We were particularly struck by the fact that the peasants were voluntarily transporting ammunition from the border to FRELIMO bases during our march south and their commitment was also apparent to us when peasants made generous donations of such food-stuffs as they could afford when we passed by, like chicken, maize, nuts, etc. But such examples from our own immediate experiences merely bore out the general picture which was everywhere conveyed to us: that the fighters of FRELIMO can only make progress with the full support of the people themselves and that it is just such support which they have managed to earn.» The students concluded their press conference by pledging their solidarity with the struggle of the Mozambican people, and by announcing, on behalf of the students of the University of Dar Es Salaam, the creation of a 'FRELIMO fund'. In doing so they invited contributions of 'clothes, salt, sugar, almost anything that could be of use' from 'any person or group of persons who have a conscience and are pained by injustice in society.' |
Archival file | Volume21/CENPA-345~15.tiff |