Category : International

Armando Guebuza was born Armando Emílio Guebuza on January 20, 1943, in northern Mozambique. His given names reflect the country’s long legacy as a colony...

Eduardo Mondlane, educator, nationalist, and leader of the Mozambique independence movement, was born on June 20, 1920, in the Gaza District of Southern Mozambique, which...

Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi, in full Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, (born Aug. 27, 1928, Mahlabatini, S.Af.), Zulu chief, South African politician, and leader of the Inkatha Freedom...

Robert Mugabe, in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe, (born February 21, 1924, in Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), was the first prime minister (1980–87) of the...

Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu, South African political activist (born May 18, 1912, Engcobo, S.Af.—died May 5, 2003, Johannesburg, S.Af.), was a political mentor of Nelson...

Jacob Zuma, in full Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, (born April 12, 1942, Nkandla, South Africa), politician who served as president of South Africa from 2009 until...

Renamo, byname of Mozambican National Resistance, Portuguese Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, a guerrilla organization that sought to overthrow the government of Mozambique beginning in the late...

Zululand, a traditional region in the northeastern section of present-day KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) province, South Africa. It is the home of the Zulu people and...

Samora Machel, (born September 29, 1933, Chilembene, Mozambique—died October 19, 1986, Mbuzini, South Africa), Mozambican politician, who was the first president of independent Mozambique (1975–86)....

Frelimo, byname of Mozambique Liberation Front, Portuguese Frente de Libertação Moçambique, a political and military movement that initiated Mozambican independence from Portugal and then formed...