Aluta Continua

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]A luta continua. Do you know what this phrase means? It means the struggle continues in Portuguese. This is 100 facts about Mozambique. It was coined by Eduardo Mondlane, the first president of FRELIMO, Mozambique's liberation front, in 1967, right in the middle of a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule.

[00:00:17]Mondlane was assassinated by a parcel bomb in 1969 and never saw independence.

[00:00:22][music] But that phrase, it refused to die. His successor, Samora Machel, carried that speech through every march, every speech, until finally Mozambique gained independence in 1975. Miriam Makeba turned it into a song. [music] My people, my people, open your eyes. And the director of Silence of the Lambs put it in the credits of four of his films.

[00:00:43]A phrase born in a war is a rallying cry for activists around the world. Come back for more facts about Mozambique.