Word: frelimo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...transition period has been calm in comparison with that in oil-rich Angola (see following story). Portuguese officials have worked well with Frelimo (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique), the black liberation movement that led the ten-year fight against colonial rule, in the transition government. Explains Rear Admiral Vitor Crespo, the Portuguese High Commissioner: "We are both-Frelimo and Portugal -victims of the colonial and capitalist systems. We are now on the same side of the barricades...
...Frelimo gets high marks-even from expatriate businessmen-for dedication and organizational ability. But there is fear that the movement will drift away from the African socialism that it now espouses toward authoritarianism...
That fear was heightened by a new law that permits the regime to jail people for up to eight years for the vague crime of "sabotaging decolonization." There is uncertainty over the policies that will be followed by Frelimo's top men-notably Samora Machel, 42, the Peking-oriented commander in chief, and his deputy, Marcelino dos Santos, 44, who is said to lean toward Moscow...
Political Awareness. There is also concern, at least among whites, that once the Portuguese presence is gone, old tribal differences may assert themselves. To offset this danger, Frelimo officials have been conducting a political awareness campaign all over the country, 90% of whose people are illiterate. Teams of young recruits have scoured bush villages to advertise Frelimo's political and social doctrines-no drunkenness, only one wife, equal rights for women (Frelimo has women soldiers and one woman Cabinet member...
Zvogbo explained that as a revolutionary party, Frelimo would plan a regime in which the party had precedent over the state. "After the year-long transition into a Republic, Frelimo would move into the public service, industry, and the parliament," Zvogbo said...