Mozambique's Samora Machel : a life cut short / Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman ; foreword by Albie Sachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaacman, Allen F., author.

Isaacman, Barbara, author.

Contributor:

Sachs, Albie, 1935- writer of foreword.

Series:

Ohio short histories of Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machel, Samora, 1933-1986.

Machel, Samora.

Presidents--Mozambique--20th century--Biography.

Presidents.

Nationalists--Mozambique--Biography.

Nationalists.

Mozambique--Politics and government--To 1975.

Mozambique.

Politics and government.

Mozambique--Politics and government--1975-1994.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

257 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"From his anticolonial military leadership to the presidency of independent, communist Mozambique, Samora Machel held a reputation as a revolutionary hero to the oppressed. His controversial death, however, continues to raise questions about warring political and economic ideologies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Living Colonialism The Making of an Insurgent

2. The Early Political Education of Samora Machel The Making of a Freedom Fighter, ca. 1950-63

3. The Struggle within the Struggle, 1962-70

4. Samora and the Armed Struggle, 1964-75

5. Politics, Performance, and People's Power, 1975-ca. 1977

6. Samora Machel's Marxism and the Defense of the Revolution, 1977-82

7. The Unraveling of Mozambique's Socialist Revolution, 1983-86

8. Who Killed Samora?

9. The Political Afterlife of Samora and the Politics of Memory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821424230

0821424238

OCLC:

1149296795