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“A luta continua — the struggle continues.”

Source: Proclamation of independence, Machava Stadium, Lourenço Marques, 25 June 1975

Context Closed the midnight ceremony proclaiming the People's Republic of Mozambique, after a decade of FRELIMO's armed struggle against Portuguese rule.

Portrait of Samora Machel
Samora MachelMozambique · 1933–1986
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