Graça Machel Classroom Resources: Gender Equity Anti-Bias Domain: Justice Grade Level: Grades 9 to 12 Subject: Social Studies Printer-friendly version "We Africans may be impoverished, but we are not poor. ... We can learn things from others, but we also have a lot to offer the world." Timeline: Mozambique 1950 Mozambicans form independence movements seeking self-rule from Portugal. 1962 FRELIMO (Frente de LibertaVào de Mozambique) is formed and Samora Machel nominated as its president. A war of decolonization from Portugal begins. 1975 Mozambique becomes independent under the Lusaka Accord, which allows for rapid transfer of power to FRELIMO. The new government establishes a Socialist development model, nationalizing social services and intervening in banks, railways, and ports. They take over big Portuguese plantations to give land to peasants; they build schools and health clinics. Most of the Portuguese leave, taking their ski...
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