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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.
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