Mozambique's Samora Machel: A Life Cut Short

by Allen F. Isaacman and Barbara S. Isaacman

The precipitous rise and controversial fall of a formidable African leader. Samora Machel (1933-1986), the son of small-town farmers, led his people through a war against their Portuguese colonists and became the first president of the People's Republic of Mozambique. Machel's military successes against a colonial regime backed by South Africa, Rhodesia, the United States, and its NATO allies enhanced his reputation as a revolutionary hero...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821424238
• ISBN13: 9780821424230
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 7.0"