Word: vascoda
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Although Mozambique has been under Portuguese domination since Vascoda Gama landed there in 1498, less than one per cent of its seven million African inhabitants are literate. Many of its African elite, educated as "showpieces" by the Portuguese, are now engaged in the liberation movement
...Vascoda Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope while in search of a passage to India, and from this time colonies have slowly sprung up along the shore, especially on the Guinea coast, where the slave trade was largely carried on. From 1815 to 1875 a gradual awakening of interest took place in Europe, and since that time there has been an exciting race to see which nation should acquire most land. This sudden change was caused by the encouraging information which Stanley brought back from the interior...
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