MOZAMBIQUE: SHIPS BRING IN FOOD AND SUPPLIES AS GOVERNMENT TEACHES PEOPLE THE MEANING OF PATRIOTISM.

Record ID: 646671

  • Title: MOZAMBIQUE: SHIPS BRING IN FOOD AND SUPPLIES AS GOVERNMENT TEACHES PEOPLE THE MEANING OF PATRIOTISM.
  • Date: 27th March 1976
  • Summary: 1. GV Maputo Harbour 0.06 2. GV Jeeps leaving ship 0.18 3. SV African women sitting on dock 0.27 4. SV African school teacher leading children in chant against Rhodesia (3 shots) 0.50 5. SV School teacher leads school-children in song 1.26 Initials CL/0255 CL/0310 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 11th April 1976 13:00
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  • Location: MAPUTO: MOZAMBIQUE
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Reuters ID: LVA6S5OOOVCPL6YJHRXCNRS52SIT
  • Story Text: Ships are arriving in Maputo Harbour loaded with supplies for the capital of the newly independent country of Mozambique.

    The ships not only bring in food supplies but also heavy machinery, motor vehicles and agricultural equipment.

    Large groups of people wait on the docks of Maputo for the ships to unload their cargo.

    Meanwhile, the leaders of the country are attempting to bring in a new form of education for the children of Mozambique. The children are being taught the "songs and chants of revolution" in order to prepare them as the "future citizens of this country".

    School teachers to out to the more isolated schools and explain to the children that they are now living in an independent country whose future depends on them.

    SYNOPSIS: Maputo Harbour in Mozambique, where ships are arriving daily loaded with supplies for the newly independent African country. The ships not only carry food but also motor vehicles and agricultural machinery.

    Mozambique achieved independence from Portugal in June of last year. Since then there has been a periodical shortage of goods in the country.

    But the economic situation within Mozambique has not affected the plan by the country's leaders to instill in the people a feeling of national pride. The recent closure of the Mozambique/Rhodesia border has led to many anti-Rhodesian movements in Mozambique. Here a school teacher leads his pupils in an anti-Rhodesian chant.

    The decision by the Mozambique President, Mr. Samora Machel, to close his country's borders with Rhodesia brought ears that the two countries might end up fighting a war. These schoolchildren are being taught not only anti-Rhodesian slogans but also the patriotic songs of Mozambique.
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