Full Name
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (born June 20, 1920)[2]
Date of Birth
June 20, 1920[2]
Date of Death
February 3, 1969[2]
Place of Birth
Nwajahani, Mandlakazi, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique)[2]
Spouse’s Name
- Not available
Children’s Names
- Not available
Known Affiliates Names
- First President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) (1962-1969)[2]
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
- Not available
Legacy
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was a Mozambican anthropologist, political leader, and the first President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) from 1962 until his assassination in 1969[2]. Born in Nwajahani, Mandlakazi, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique), Mondlane was a key figure in the struggle for Mozambique’s independence from Portuguese colonial rule[4]. He held the nascent FRELIMO organization together, obtained support from both communist and western European countries, and built a force of several thousand guerrillas whose strength lay in northern Mozambique[4]. In 1975, the Universidade de Lourenço Marques, founded by the Portuguese and given the name of the capital of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo, Mozambique), was renamed Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, or Eduardo Mondlane University, in his honor[2].
Citations: [1] https://www.lclark.edu/live/profiles/3851-eduardo-mondlane [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Mondlane [3] https://www2.oberlin.edu/alummag/oampast/oam_spring98/Alum_n_n/eduardo.html [4] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eduardo-Mondlane [5] https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/barbados-independence/samuel-jackman-prescod-the-voice-of-the-people/