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We remember Samora Machel
Death of selfless Mozambican president commemorated
October 19, 2012
Died in mysterious circumstances: Mozambican President Samora Machel
(courtesy Samora Machel Documentation Centre)
Oct 19, 2012 – Twenty-six years ago, on October 19, 1986, President
Samora Moises Machel of Mozambique was killed when his plane,
apparently off-course, smashed into a Lebombo hillside near Mbuzini in
what is now Mpumalanga, South Africa.
There is a monument now to mark the spot where Mozambique’s first post-
independence President and stalwart of the Mozambican liberation struggle
died along with 33 members of his presidential entourage. More than two
decades later, no official version of what caused the crash has been
provided.
Today we remember him and the Mozambican people’s selfless contribution
to the realization of a democratic South Africa and we quote the words of
Bob Marley’s Redemption Song “How long will they kill our prophets while
we stand aside and look?”
Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela

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Samora Moisés Machel
(September 29, 1933 – October 19,
1986)
Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican
military commander, revolutionary socialist
leader and eventual President of Mozambique.
He died in a plane crash, he was coming from
an international meeting in Lusaka, Zambia
heading back home to Mozambique when his
plane crashed in the Lebombo Mountains, near
Mbuzini, South-Africa.
Hi’s one of my greatest inspiration. I had to post
some pictures to celebrate his life and
contribution to the African Freedom.
Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela

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Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela

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From left to right:
Sam Nujoma, Samora Machel with Kenneth Kaunda and Mugabe
1980: African Head of states at a conference in Lusaka, Zambia.
From left to right:
Sam Nujoma, Kenneth Kaunda, Samora Machel, Julius NyerereRobert Mugabe, José E.
dos Santos
Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela

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Samora Machel with Graca Machel (now madiba’s wife (Nelson Mandela))
Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela

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Samora Machel, A luta continua!!!!
Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela

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Miguel Auzara & Guilherme Sendela