THE HISTORY SIDE OF AFRICA

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a

Zimbabwean revolutionary and
politician who served as Prime
Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980
to 1987 and then as President
from 1987 to

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

was a South African anti-apartheid activist and
politician who served as the first
president of South Africa from
1994 to 1999. He was the
country's first black head of state
and the first elected in a fully
representative democratic
election.
Samora Moisés Machel was a
Mozambican military
commander and political leader.
A socialist in the tradition of
Marxism–Leninism, he served as
the first President of
Mozambique from the country's
independence in 1975.

Patrice Lumumba
The story of Patrice
Lumumba is one of the
revolutionaries that could
have been, and should
have been. His place in
the pantheon of African
revolutionaries derives
from the fact that he was killed for his efforts, and
was therefore martyred to the cause of the African
revolution.

Eduardo Mondelane
Eduardo Mondelane was
born in rural southern
Mozambique in 1920.
He was one of twelve
children of deeply
traditional parents, and
in the heavily prejudicial
environment of
Portuguese Africa, his first years were spent in the
humble pursuit of herding the family flock. As was
often the case, however, as a child of rare
perception and intelligence, he attracted the
attention of local missionaries, and despite the
objections of his father, he began his education.