22 June 2009
Nwadjahane — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza declared on Saturday that no monument can do more than recognize "a small part" of the achievements of Eduardo Mondlane, the founder and first president of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo).
Guebuza was speaking at the unveiling of a monument to Mondlane in his home village of Nwadjahane, in the southern province of Gaza, on the day that would have been Mondlane's 89th birthday. In fact, Mondlane, regarded as the founder of Mozambican nationalism, did not live to see his 49th birthday, assassinated by a parcel bomb sent by the Portuguese secret police, the PIDE, on 3 February 1969.
"We know that Eduardo Mondlane deserves many more monuments", declared Guebuza. "But all the monuments that we can erect in his honour would symbolize only a small part of our recognition and our homage to his immeasurable contribution to the awakening of our nationalist awareness".
The Saturday ceremonies also saw the official launch of the first computer to be assembled in Mozambique, named "Dzowo", which is Mondlane's clan name in one of the languages of southern Mozambique.
In addition to Guebuza, the ceremony was addressed by members of Mondlane's family, by Gaza provincial governor, by Frelimo general secretary Filipe Paunde, and even by some of the minor opposition parties.
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