Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of …

Samora Machel was a Mozambican politician, who was the first president of independent Mozambique (1975–86). Born more than 200 miles north of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, Machel received …

Nov 4, 2024 · Samora Moisés Machel (1933-1986) stands as one of the most pivotal figures in Mozambique’s history, celebrated as both a revolutionary and the first President of the independent …

Jul 7, 2025 · Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on 19 October …

Samora Machel is remembered as Mozambique’s first president and one of a number of assassinated prominent African leaders, such as Patrice Lumumba (Congo), Amílcar Cabral (Guinea-Bissau), and …

*Samora Machel was born on this date in 1933. He was a Black African politician and revolutionary. Samora Moisés Machel was born in Gaza Province, Mozambique, to a family of farmers. His …

Samora Moisés Machel was born in 1933 in Portuguese-ruled colonial Mozambique and trained as a nursing auxiliary. He joined the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Mozambique Liberation Front, …

Samora Machel was a prominent Mozambican revolutionary leader and the first president of Mozambique following its independence from Portuguese colonial rule. Born to peasant parents in …

Samora Moisés Machel was born in 1933 in the village of Chilembene, Mozambique, to a poor family. He studied in Catholic school but eventually begun to work against Portuguese colonial rule. 1962 …

The precipitous rise and controversial fall of a formidable African leader. Samora Machel (1933–1986), the son of small-town farmers, led his people through a war against their Portuguese colonists and …