Francisco Manyanga

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Francisco Manyanga (born March 27, 1931 in the village of Tchetcha, Charre-Sede, Mutarara District , Tete Province , Portuguese East Africa , † July 29, 1973 in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania ) was a Mozambican resistance fighter and military member of the Mozambican Liberation Front ( FRELIMO ).

Manyanga was born in 1932 in Tete, northern Mozambique, with the name Caetano Augusto Mendonça . There he attended the Escola Primária Baptista Coelho elementary school until 1949. In 1963 he joined the Mozambican Liberation Front ( Frente de Libertação de Moçambique ) founded in Tanzania and in the course of this also changed his name to Francisco Manyanga to avoid persecution by the PIDE . He was initially trained at the FRELIMO Camp Bagamoyo . Manyanga was sent to Algeria with other FRELIMO cadets to train there in guerrilla combat. On his return he worked as a trainer at the Kongwa camp . He also served as the deputy head of the FRELIMO training camp in Tunduru and Nachingweia to teach agricultural skills, among other things. He later switched to direct (armed) combat against the Portuguese colonial power. In 1968 he led the guerrilla attack in Tete, in which the FRELIMO opened another front against the colonial power.

On July 29, 1973 - before Mozambique gained independence - Manyanga died in the Muimbiri hospital in the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam after a long illness. In the history of FRELIMO, Manyanga is still considered one of the national heroes to this day. He is buried in the national pantheon in the Monumento aos Heróis Moçambicanos at Praça dos Heróis Moçambicanos in Maputo. In 1976, the previous secondary school António Enes in Maputo - one of the largest schools in the country - received his name. Various organizations, including a. the FRELIMO Youth Organização da Juventude Moçambicana , complain that many Mozambican national heroes are not well known in their opinion, and for this reason organize annual commemorations in honor of the fallen heroines and heroes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c A heroicidade conquista-se - diz Francisco Cabo aos estudantes da ESF Manyanga. Jornal Notícias, August 23, 2013, accessed November 5, 2015 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ País recorda hoje o Heroismo de Francisco Manyanga. In: O Autarca / Macua Blogs. July 30, 2007, accessed November 5, 2015 (Portuguese).
  3. ^ Vida e obra dos heróis nacionais poderá ser conhecida pelos jovens. In: O País. February 1, 2010, accessed November 5, 2015 (Portuguese).


personal data
SURNAME Manyanga, Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caetano Augusto Mendonça
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Tchetcha Village, Charre-Sede, Mutarara District , Tete Province , Portuguese East Africa
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1973
Place of death Dar es Salaam , Tanzania