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VISITORS IN FREE MOZAMBIQUE
We were surprised to witness that even in
the most remote parts of Tete province
(we walked altogether more than 300
kms.) there was never a problem of
getting food. We did not even have any
difficulties in having meat every day.
The population obviously supports FRELIMO wholeheartedly and distributes
maize-meal, chickens and goats to FRELIMO soldiers, as well as to patrols or
visitors like us, who pass tfiere.
In various interviews we have had with
the population and the soldiers, we heard
horrifying stories about the sufferings of
the people - pregnant women being disembowelled by the Portuguese soldiers,
villagers being burnt alive in their huts,
people being tortured and kept as prisoners in strategic hamlets. The stealing
of cattle and the raping of women were
such common things that people didn't
seem to find anything unusual anymore.
It was these people who told us that
they have seen white Rhodesian troops
in Tete Province. These troops, they
said, had different uniforms and were even
more cruel to them than the Portuguese troops. We had to learn that the
atrocities which have been commited
against the Vietnamese people, are also
practised by the Portuguese colonial
troops.
In the liberated areas we have seen quite
a number of captured weapons G.3
rifles, 60 mm mortars, all sorts of hand
grenades, 15 kg bombs and as a surprise for us old German Mauser rifles,
which had been produced under the
Hitler regime and still carry the emblem
of the Nazi party on them. The Nazi
emblem next to the Portuguese flag engraved on a weapon used against the
population in Mozambique isn't this
more than a symbol of the spirit which is
guiding the Portuguese government in its
colonial war?
While we visited the liberated areas, we
made a 16 mm documentary film in
color, which we will distribute to West
European TV stations. We hope that this
will help to end the constant misinformation of the public in these countries
where the Portuguese Government still
spreads the legend of peace and harmony
in its '(Overseas Territories)).
m.mm
mim?a*^m%
Within the framework of the friendly relations existing between
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and FRELIMO, the
Central Committee of FRELIMO invited a Soviet delegation to
visit Mozambique. The visit took place in April, 1973, in Cabo
Delgado Province. During its 7 day stay in Mozambique, the
Soviet delegation was accompanied by the President of FRELIMO,
Comrade Samora Machel.
The Soviet visitors
did a lot of marching
and met a lot of people during their visit
to Cabo Delgado.
Here are some glimpses of the trip.
10
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 55 (1973 Apr,-June) |
| Description | Contents: Editorial - International solidarity (p. 1); Italian conference of solidarity (p. 3); Caetano get out! (p. 4); The O.U.A. 10th anniversary (p. 5); The president's visit to Soviet Union and Romania (p. 7); We must learn from the spirit of your struggle (p. 8); A trip to the Zambezi (p. 9); FRELIMO is in full control (p.11); War communique (p.12); Tackling the problems in our schools (p.15); The struggle to build a healthy Mozambique (p.17); The Josina Marchel orphanage (p. 20); Wiriyamu: Not an isolated crime (p. 23). This is an issue reprinted and distributed by the LSM Information Center in Richmond, Canada. |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273477 |
| Coverage date | 1373/1973-03 |
| 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 | 1973-04/1973-06 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 26 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-357 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-357~12 |
| Filename | CENPA-357~12.tiff |
| Full text | VISITORS IN FREE MOZAMBIQUE We were surprised to witness that even in the most remote parts of Tete province (we walked altogether more than 300 kms.) there was never a problem of getting food. We did not even have any difficulties in having meat every day. The population obviously supports FRELIMO wholeheartedly and distributes maize-meal, chickens and goats to FRELIMO soldiers, as well as to patrols or visitors like us, who pass tfiere. In various interviews we have had with the population and the soldiers, we heard horrifying stories about the sufferings of the people - pregnant women being disembowelled by the Portuguese soldiers, villagers being burnt alive in their huts, people being tortured and kept as prisoners in strategic hamlets. The stealing of cattle and the raping of women were such common things that people didn't seem to find anything unusual anymore. It was these people who told us that they have seen white Rhodesian troops in Tete Province. These troops, they said, had different uniforms and were even more cruel to them than the Portuguese troops. We had to learn that the atrocities which have been commited against the Vietnamese people, are also practised by the Portuguese colonial troops. In the liberated areas we have seen quite a number of captured weapons G.3 rifles, 60 mm mortars, all sorts of hand grenades, 15 kg bombs and as a surprise for us old German Mauser rifles, which had been produced under the Hitler regime and still carry the emblem of the Nazi party on them. The Nazi emblem next to the Portuguese flag engraved on a weapon used against the population in Mozambique isn't this more than a symbol of the spirit which is guiding the Portuguese government in its colonial war? While we visited the liberated areas, we made a 16 mm documentary film in color, which we will distribute to West European TV stations. We hope that this will help to end the constant misinformation of the public in these countries where the Portuguese Government still spreads the legend of peace and harmony in its '(Overseas Territories)). m.mm mim?a*^m% Within the framework of the friendly relations existing between the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and FRELIMO, the Central Committee of FRELIMO invited a Soviet delegation to visit Mozambique. The visit took place in April, 1973, in Cabo Delgado Province. During its 7 day stay in Mozambique, the Soviet delegation was accompanied by the President of FRELIMO, Comrade Samora Machel. The Soviet visitors did a lot of marching and met a lot of people during their visit to Cabo Delgado. Here are some glimpses of the trip. 10 |
| Archival file | Volume24/CENPA-357~12.tiff |
