BRIEF HISTORY OF SAMORA MACHEL - MOZAMBIQUE
• Samora was born on the 29th day of September in 1933. • Samora was from Gaza province in the southern part of Mozambique • Portuguese arrived in Mozambique in 1501. • In the 1930’s they decided to bring settlers from Portugal to oversee farming, to produce raw materials for European Manufacturers. • Samora parents were forced to grow cotton instead of food crop • He was sent to a school run by Catholic • When he was still a teenager his parents were kicked out of their land which was given to Portuguese settlers. • Samora decline the missionary offer to send him to seminary school instead he chose Nursing few professions which were open for blacks. • Samora was unable to secure the fees to complete formal training at the Miguel Bombarda Hospital in Lourenco Marques (today Maputo), he got a job working as an aide in the hospital and earned enough to continue his education at night school. • While working as a nurse he found out that white nurses were paid more than black nurse...