ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the activism behind the formation of the Mozambican liberation movement—the Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique (FRELIMO). It analyzes the Mondlanes' 1963 decision to relocate to Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, in order to lead the Mozambican liberation movement. Visiting Dar es Salaam in June 1962, Janet witnessed first-hand the ramifications of Portugal's colonial education policy and the story of Zeca, a seventeen-year-old boy, had an especially profound impact on her. For Janet, the story of Zeca's pursuit of education could "be heard again in the experience of Antonio, and in the story of Lopes, in that of Eli, in the experiences of Isaac, and Joao. In many ways, Janet's realization that the Portuguese colonial state systematically obstructed African education made her an activist; bearing witness to the painful struggles that Mozambican refugees endured and the dangers they overcame to bypass such obstruction politicized her.
