Mozambique: Ideals of Samora Still Relevant Today

President Armando Guebuza said that 37 years after the proclamation of national independence, the ideals and example of the country's first President, Samora Machel, continue to be relevant to today's challenges.

Robert Van Lierop, right, presents a check to President Samora Machel of Mozambique at the United Nations in 1977 . The funds, raised from Van Lierop's film showings across the country, went to build a health clinic in rural Niassa province. In the background, from left, are Valeriano Ferrpo, James Garrett, and an unidentified man.

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