As the tenth anniversary of its unilateral independence from Britain approaches, the Rhodesian government faces the most dramatic decision in its history: settlement with black nationalists or war. Prime Minister Ian Smith has stalled on the issue of black majority rule for a decade and
The Rhodesian political situation is in limbo now more than ever since the government of Prime Minister Ian Smith declared unilateral independence a decade ago. External forces in both black and white African countries are pressuring vehemently for a peaceful settlement between the white government
Independence for a country like Mozambique, which was under colonial rule for almost 500 years, is not just a political event. Freedom also “liberates the soul and the spirit of the people,” as one Mozambican put it. Those who best express this new spirit are
Liberation forces fought a bitter ten-year guerrilla war to free Mozambique of 500 years of Portuguese domination, a goal realized with full independence for the southeast African country on June 25. But according to officials of the new government, the struggle is far from over.
Filipe looked like a walking advertisement for the new government, t-shirt with the new flag stretched tightly across his chest, plastic pinkie ring also with the new flag, tiny metal chest pin engraved with the face of the national liberation movement’s founder, and second-hand battle
