A Man To Remember : Eduardo Mondlane
Names: Mondlane, Eduardo
Born: 1920, Manjacaze, Mozambique
Died: 1969
In summary: History and Sociology Professor at Syracuse University, New York, President of FRELIMO
He
attended Witwatersrand University in South Africa until forced to
withdraw by the new apartheid-oriented government. Interested in the
fate of his native land, Mondlane went to Portugal to study. Finding
discrimination there as well, he secured a scholarship to study in the
United States. He began with a B.A. from Oberlin, followed by an M.A.
from Northwestern and a Ph.D. from Harvard. His academic field was
anthropology; his field of action became African politics
In 1957 Mondlane was a research officer in the Trustee Department of the United Nations, a position that led him back to Africa and, in 1962, to Dar Es-Salaam where he took the lead in developing a movement for national liberation. Tragically, he was denied the fruits of his vision and leadership by his assassination in 1969 in Dar Es-Salaam.
Mondlane's cosmopolitanism, his marriage to a white American woman, and above all his American education, rendered him particularly suited to forge a broad and inclusive nationalist movement.
In 1969 the Portugese assassinated him by a postal parcel concealing an explosive device. Nevertheless he remains universally credited as the father of Mozambiques's independence.
In 1957 Mondlane was a research officer in the Trustee Department of the United Nations, a position that led him back to Africa and, in 1962, to Dar Es-Salaam where he took the lead in developing a movement for national liberation. Tragically, he was denied the fruits of his vision and leadership by his assassination in 1969 in Dar Es-Salaam.
Mondlane's cosmopolitanism, his marriage to a white American woman, and above all his American education, rendered him particularly suited to forge a broad and inclusive nationalist movement.
In 1969 the Portugese assassinated him by a postal parcel concealing an explosive device. Nevertheless he remains universally credited as the father of Mozambiques's independence.
The Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane Scholarship is
offered by the Oberlin College in Ohio, USA, and is designed to
continue the outreach that enabled Mr. Mondlane to attend Oberlin
College. Any citizen from a sub-Saharan African country who is applying
to the Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences is eligible for this
scholarship.
Information retrieved from http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/eduardo-mondlane-0
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