Afonso Dhlakama: Notorious Rebel of Renamo Who Caused Chaos in Mozambique

[@michelmacicame1165]

As a Mozambiquen I really thank you for showing interest in our story and culture

[@armana1]

African history told by an African. So refreshing!

[@AfricanBiographics]

Thank you

[@outerspace7391]

I don't really mind who's telling it. All that matters to me is if the video is objective and honest, which this channel does a pretty good job at. Well made!

[@Tripleexel]

​@@outerspace7391 Accuracy is by far the most important thing

[@dakf660]

An African Perspective is the most important thing

[@walsh9080]

​@dakf660 it's not more valuable than being truthful that's just silly and tribalistic.

[@fotomatanda1505]

Another brilliant presentation, well done. As I'm someone currently living in Mozambique, i can say you've really done your research.

[@AfricanBiographics]

Thank you

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[@mzee5533]

My elder brother from Zimbabwe was deployed in Moza around the 80s

[@_CrissoN]

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[@ndubanesol111]

Great narration, welldone my guy. This is so refreshing very informative.

[@AfricanBiographics]

Thanks Solomon

[@masechabamdaka785]

Tatenda, this channel is so immensely educational and a great way to absorb so much important history of our continent. Your narration just cherries and ices the cake!!! ...African Biographics can be added as curriculum to secondary school ocial science in South Africa cause the content they learn nowadays is an insult to the truth.

[@Joe-tr2vk]

@2:18-2:24 A rare photo of great statemen in military fatigues Kenneth Kaunda, Samora Machel and our one greatest of all time Julius Nyerere.May their souls continue to rest in eternal peace. Much love from Tanzania 🇹🇿

[@armana1]

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[@SusanMackenzie-l4r]

We have so much to learn about all the countries in Africa. Keep sending out these excellent biographics.

[@nos__mas]

This is a masterpiece. It' s good to know this piece of African history, especially causes as to why we end up having civil wars. Stubborn leaders give room for the East or the West to wedge hatred between tribesmen for their gain.

[@olivestone916]

Now the song by Thomas Mapfumo “kubatana kwe Mozambique né Zimbabwe” meaning the unity of Mozambique and Zimbabwe now makes sense

[@williamnunda6085]

I believe that Alphonse Dhlakama wanted to gain power by force as wheneer he lost and electon, he returned to factory setting..bush...

[@afrikaiswoke5667]

Another important African Rebel leader that needed to be covered...Thanks a lot for this one

[@brendanpaterson5635]

Dhaklama was a fool. Nothing more.

[@Vidadiadia]

Eu sou moçambicano, se você poder pesquisar um pouco mais saberás que se o povo Moçambicano tem um pouco de liberdade que tem, é graças a este homem que tu estás chamando de tolo, Dhlakama foi quem lutou pela democracia no nosso país.

[@cuthbertjolly4859]

Lack of education is the worst enemy of a people.

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

There is alot to your statement and much more than meets the eye I believe than most people think especially with regard to the subject matter at hand.

[@ca9968]

So is a population with an average IQ of 70...

[@apolinariolinobila5234]

Man, khanimambo (obrigado / thanks) for this video. Job well done, since the beginning of each video you captivate your audience and the narration is simply marvelous! Keep it up!

[@paolomesseca8679]

No political struggle can justify atrocities against civilians and children. Even those who supported RENAMO have no excuse

[@plsportsnews7215]

You are 100% & as a Mozambican who was a victim of this war crime by Rhodesia, apartheid South Africa & Renamo. I can’t believe so many young Mozambicans who don’t know history of Mozambique are support this party which was used by external forces to destroy our beloved country.

[@ML3180]

Mozambique is under a no win situation. From the brutal racist rule of the Portuguese to the mediocre impoverishment of FRELIMO and the violent dissenters of RENAMO. No wonder Al Shabaab actually took over in Cabo Delgado.

[@plsportsnews7215]

My guy you don’t know what you’re talking about honestly

[@Blackkavanje]

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[@outerspace7391]

All people know only about the Angolan Civil War. Good to see Angola's counterpart finally being covered!

[@etv7846]

Good work as always but remember to do episodes on Museveni, Denis Sassou nguesou, Paul kagame and the rest. I know the research take time but you will get there. keep the good work. We enjoy your videos.

[@nathimanci1195]

Pls refrain from lumping Paul Kagame with other African rebel rubbish, we here in South Africa, have huge respect for Kagame for building a prosperous country and reforming a grave yard into a prosperous green land. Kagame is a modern day revolutionary to be compared to giants like Nyerere, Mandela, Kenneth Kaunda, Colonel Mummar Gaddafi and El Commandant Fide Castro.

[@nathimanci1195]

Sorry to forget Kwame Nkhrumah on the list of African greats

[@nevilleokumu7885]

Dhlakama story is same to that of his rebel counterpart Jonas Savimbi in Angola. They sold their souls to Apartheid regime in SA and this diluted their justification for being rebel leaders. They were both given opportunity to move from the bush but vehemently refused. fortunately, Dhlakama did not die from the barrel of the gun

[@africangomane1098]

You're correct.They were never government materials after all as were tools of sabotage. Even if they had won,it would be disaster since that was never their intention after all.

[@ZeroResurrected]

Don’t compare them. Savimbi believed in democracy and individualism. He wasn’t power hungry like Dhlakama

[@samiiromaar]

​@@ZeroResurrectedthe only reason mozambique is a democratic country, where people can vote for whos in party is because of Dlakhama though.

[@Vidadiadia]

Quem é Savinbe perto de Dhlakama?, se hoje em Moz as pessoas têm pouca liberdade que tem de se expressar é Graças a ele, então fique no teu lugar você não conhece a nossa história

[@raystingray1569]

Mozambique my second home reminds me of Alick Macheso s Chisoni song where he mentions a number of towns/places in Moçambique 🇲🇿. Manica Chimoio Inchope Beira Gorongosa Tete Vanduzi Sussundega Chuchamano Changala Gondola Moatize Nhamatanda 🎶🎶

[@ntongwedonald1288]

Please can you research the ongoing war in Cameroon between the French dominant Government and Ambazonia separatists?

[@Tatem205]

great presentation. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole video.

[@Teejaydonjuan]

Fantastic channel, engaging well-researched content. Please keep up the good, hard work of sharing this knowledge of elements of our past and present.

[@ezekiekr8475]

Another wonderful piece. Are you able to do one on Dr. Guy Scott from Zambia?

[@ezekiekr8475]

@Relaty Vibe I am proud to be Zambian, and would have it no other way. The founding father Kaunda was accepting of other whites such as the Scotts and Stewart Gore Browne. I know who I am, and am accepted by fellow Zambians as such.

[@ZeroResurrected]

@kzn6577What’s your damage? If you were a European talking about African immigrants, everyone would call you a racist

[@williamnunda6085]

Great peace of history you have done, we appreciate

[@elMaxx5]

Brother, this is great work!! Ex-so-lent reporting making it plain for us in the diaspora. Thank you!!! As for Dhlakama, I won't speak ill of the dead.

[@lucasuugwanga826]

All I can say is that most of the civil war in Africa is caused by colonial government, they couldn't accept defeat so they came up of ways to make Africa incapable of leading itself, they loved every moment of it, the brutal killings and hunger. This Aid help from nonprofit organization would come to Africa "To Aid to those in need" was just a way to put us on TV an show the world how bad the situation is they didn't really care, they still lived comfortably in their homes with their family safe and sound earning a good salary. Imagine where would Africa be if it wasn't of civil war and evil greedy leaders, I mean we have it all, the resources, the beautiful cultures.

[@jonye7511]

It's a pity that you don't know how the African countries that were not colonized are doing before making such statements.

[@lucasuugwanga826]

@@jonye7511 thank god for you guys then.

[@jonye7511]

@@lucasuugwanga826 it's not that straightforward either. Colonists degraded and exploited the indigenous people along with the development they brought. But afterwards post colonial history shows that black leaders have not done us any favors either inspite of what they promised. The two countries that were not colonized are not doing any better now than those that were colonised. Africa needs to take a long hard look at itself and it's why we end up with bad leaders.

[@timkincade9763]

Don't forget the communist countries also that helps killing Africans also.

[@TomQuiNEstPasLa]

From what I've been able to find here in the US, Dhlakama was hardly an intellectual, and so I can imagine why he might think something is fishy when he lost his second straight election. Chissano was a great reformer, even if under duress, but he should have made a better effort at devolving power to the provinces--especially since Portugal cobbled together such a diverse and un-unified stretch of territory within its borders. Dhlakama the warrior was one of the worst war criminals of the 20th century, but millions of Mozambicans were willing to try out being ruled by Dhlakama the politician, and they should have been given that chance in Zambezia, Sofala, Manica, and the other provinces where he could command a majority. Now that Dhlakama is dead, I hope the new generation of anti-Frelimo leaders look to politics and not violence, and that Frelimo use them to better sharpen their own policies.

[@narcyomula3064]

They robbed him in 1999.

[@ML3180]

FRELIMO is really no different from any other liberation party in Africa. It's run out of ideas, cannot do the basic management anymore and is actively running the country into an abyss of corruption, mismanagement, poverty and hopelessness. They need to be removed from power and kept away from it so that Mozambique can actually recover.

[@quintadafamiliasoares6479]

Lambe 🥾🎿🎿🎿🥾🥾🥾 mentiroso,o regime actual está matar mais que a guerra de 16 anos,, há muita fome desemprego, hospitais sem comprimidos corrupção e terrorismo você não está ver isso???

[@taurayidzindimu2114]

Well said

[@elvinmaponde3652]

Things that we are never taught in school yet very very insightful. Love this!

[@borja1000]

As a Mozabican, I often ask, "which African leader was worth even half of it's promises?" Also, the Soviets killed Machel.

[@nkunzemnyama]

"Soviets killed Machel" please elaborate on that

[@southernafricanboy4148]

​@@nkunzemnyama He is very stupid. Why would Soviets kill Machel and risk losing control in the region

[@tightcamper]

If only we could live our lives again armed with the experience of the past!!

[@patrickdoran981]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@amkgaka9824]

tatenda Tatenda. Very informative.

[@AfricanBiographics]

You are welcome

[@NoraMacupeMacupe]

Thanks for the story i m Nora from mozambique

[@irajabaly]

I may think that Joachim Chissano was the best and peace seeking Mozambique President for his attempt of peace qgreement with Renamo and his reforms for bettering his country

[@southernafricanboy4148]

He is suspected of planning the assassination of Samora Machel working with Botha

[@glenmalesa8902]

Afonso and Savimbi have so much in common. Nonetheless, I don't know but I know that if underlying conditions that give rise to frustrations (most of the time genuine) are not resolved politically, Mozambique will always experience brief periods of peace and long periods of war.

[@plsportsnews7215]

Both rebels the creation of Rhodesia and South Africa

[@bernardoalmeida5396]

RENAMO is the UNITA ( in Angola) of Mozambique....Lord's War 😂😂

[@angelmartin4519]

Was Frelimo perfect by no means. But to work with the people who had just finished enslaving your people. Now that’s unforgivable what renamo did

[@marcelluswhyte2291]

I totally agree with you 100%. Renamo were doing the " dirty work " for the Rhodesian then the South Africans, what a shame, let the name Renamo living infamy for they stupidity and wickedness.

[@uraninite8151]

Great video!

[@madenglishman1]

Your Vlog is nice and balanced.Samora had spoiled the country,in 1980 there were no bread,no soap no toothpaste even clothes were scarce.Frelimo and RENAMO were both brutal.In 1986 they overran Zambezia from Gurure,Namarroi,Lugela,Milange,Morrumbala,Mopeia,Maganja,Gile,Macuse,Namacurra.

[@jggonzalez6299]

If u haven’t done Francisco Macías Nguema I’d like to see that one

[@Lucas_07-PL]

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[@losdirectosdetroopa973]

He did

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Very interesting! Cheers❤️🇨🇦

[@mosesguvheya]

thanks tatenda, this was just superb. and just like any other rebel leader lhakama was not his own man.

[@robertwakabi9464]

Viva Mozambique 🇲🇿..... Viva Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@southernafricanboy4148]

Viva🇿🇼🇲🇿

[@lebohangntlamelle7218]

Can we get biographies on Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

Dear Uploader and whomever may be reading this, Chaos already occurred in Mozambique most notably with the mismanagement of the economy and secondly, Mozambique's military apparatus being unwilling to halt ZANLA's terrorist operations against Rhodesia, and in turn, Mozambique's incompetence in trying to halt Rhodesia's retaliation to cease the terrorist operations by ZANLA, which is what led to Andre Matsangaissa, a former FRELIMO political commissar, to be jailed and then freed by the Rhodesian SAS and in so doing, forming his own political party in order to counteract the failed marxist policies in Mozambique. Also, Afonso Dhlakama was second-in-command to Andre, and only assumed power once Andre passed away.

[@keepitreal335]

How dare lakama was given a chance to live after causing massive deaths Africa is full of mysteries

[@sultanamajam9725]

Innocent local people are still suffering......since independence ; it Don't Change Anything for the poor. The Main thing is that People are Still Destitute, unemployed , displaced..........Africa is not Poor but poorly managed by it's Own Corrupt-leadership......Today.

[@earthintelligent7933]

Keep on the good work….

[@kalomboC]

The sheer number of times he escaped 'unharmed' ..... Lol, my fellow Africans know what I'm thinking 😉

[@AfricanBiographics]

Hahaha

[@djengoelv]

His refusal to die violently was unmatched

[@kalomboC]

@@djengoelv it's the mechanism of that 'refusal' that we're referring to 😁

[@t.t1623]

😂😂😂 I am an African-Mozambican! I rest my thinking, at this point!

[@luciossithole5487]

His both parents were sangomas and which Doctor.

[@giftsomba1610]

Very informative 👏

[@mandlenkosishabalala8890]

To me, Alfonso Dhlakama stands as a rebel leader that survived all the military attacks and counter-offensive. Unlike Jonas Savimbi, an Angolan rebel leader ; Alfonso Dhlakama apparently died of natural causes.

[@lutho7693]

He was a Monster 😡

[@mjaru495]

great stuff

[@rayroytz]

Great job again

[@SatiyaAli-f6f]

Big up hero

[@igordinis783]

There is no excuses for what this man has done against his own people in Mozambique. He allied himself with the apartheid South Africans to destabilise Mozambique.

[@ogbonnagerrardgeorge45]

This why Africa must being to think and stop fighting ourselves

[@tsnyatsnya123]

The sad part is that your African story is littered with conflict. I also await a story of Mozambique that is rich with perseverance and success. Surely, every nation has encountered both negative and positive stories. I cannot wait for your positive African story.

[@bartholomewshirima712]

Good history .keep it up.governing a country needs a lot of trick.checks and balances

[@meshachngwenya3671]

I'm from a manica regeon where everything was taking place

[@blackstatistics3673]

Well done!

[@gedraath1639]

Interview civilians in Mozambique and ask whether they are free from oppression

[@Joe-tr2vk]

You got everything spot on but the name Alfonso, you wrote Afonso. Great content in many respect. Thanks

[@mwenyejii]

Really? Most places have it as Afonso

[@Joe-tr2vk]

@@mwenyejii I might have been wrong. My apologies. Had a friend from Namatili ,Cabo Delgado province used to write his name Alfonso and I equated with its English version Alphonce as we usually write here in Tanzania 🇹🇿

[@djengoelv]

the correct name is Afonso indeed

[@Blackkavanje]

Hhaw....I knew only Alfonso ever since

[@juanlion1104]

Excellent presentation once again 💪🏿💪🏿...can you do a future video on Grace Mugabe aka Gucci Grace and also on Maurice Bishop, the former Socialist Prime Minister of Grenada who was overthrown by the US?

[@irajabaly]

Samora Machel's regime , which in reality was not socialist, but communist inspired by Marx, lenine and Brejnev's USSR, was not satisfactory for all its population . This is why Afonso Dalkhama 's Renamo was a reistance party , who could recruit a lot of disconted and dissident coming form Samora Machel's ruling party Frelimo. Afonso Dlhakama was a brillant fighter and strategist . And he was alsoa sincere patriot, because he made twice peace agreements with Mozambique socialist party for peace and reconciliation ,but his requests was never satisfied by the ruling party, who always undertook tricky and treacherous manoeuvres against him

[@theresilientsurvivor1892]

I agree with you Ikbal.

[@quintadafamiliasoares6479]

Pois é

[@sollyngwenya173]

So it was a good thing for him to cut human hands,gang raping women, and abducting children to become child soldiers

[@OmphileKgatle]

That plane crash has South Africa all over it

[@Seouldrift7]

FRELIMO are also ruthless.

[@billetmagara1311]

Andrea Matsangaise Simango and Afonso Matsangaise Dhlakama were brothers. Their village started in Penhalonga in Zimbabwe as Simango and ended in Mozambique as Dhlakama which is the same totem (monkey).

[@kaizercuambe8642]

He just doesn't deserve to be placed next to Mozambican Flag Sellout Dlakama... He brought suffering to the people of Samora Machel the Same as Gebuza and Nyusi did through corruption

[@zim93boy]

he could pass for Mugabe's younger brother

[@tj5180]

did the US support this guy. He was a anti communist which the US has a history of backing anti communist leaders or rebels

[@DinoCism]

If Rhodesia and SA supported him then it's a fair bet. Edit: Yeah at 7:55 US support is mentioned.

[@shauncameron8390]

Liek Josip Broz and Forbes Burnham? And anti-communist does not mean pro-capitalist as Mobutu proved.

[@keepitreal335]

It's unbelievable how we Africans are fools

[@jonye7511]

And then when the leaders enrich themselves and can't protect its own people against islamists, they turn to Portugal for help and hire mercenaries to fight the islamists.

[@philipbanda6637]

The Dutch , Portuguese and British caused all the mayhem in southern Africa. The Dutch sponsored UNITA the murder machine in Angola and of course RENAMO in Mozambique and the pig called IAN DOUGLAS SMITH in Zimbabwe. Africa should look East .

[@jonye7511]

@@philipbanda6637 The black elite beneficiaries of the colonization always look at the past events so that no one will look to closely at how they didn't do anything many decades later but enrich themselves. Not all Africans are blind to your strategy.

[@philipbanda6637]

@@jonye7511 Whites messed up Africa.

[@robertrow4447]

Lots of Moz.. are suffering today, cause of Dlhakama & Machele's greedy . Anyway can someone update me on Joseph Kony please .. is he still in the jungle of DAFUR ?

[@eltonmunyama2518]

Zimbabwe was in defence of Mozambique as from 1983 until the ceasefire in 1992.

[@sollyngwenya173]

Of course, and Mocambique helped Zimbabwe during the struggle

[@forgofire5583]

It's Zimbabwean military that defeated the rebel Matsanga as we call it in Zimbabwe

[@southernafricanboy4148]

Amen

[@saideamadeamade6951]

Terrorista Dhlakama, valeu ter sucumbido para o povo viver e,m paz

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

how did east germany react to decolonasation?

[@timkincade9763]

The soldiers were happy they didn't have to go to Africa to die for failed communism anymore

[@faquiradaudo7166]

HE TOLD A BEAUTIFUL STORY BUT VERY BEAUTIFUL, THE END OF THE STORY IS MIXED WITH FALCITIES. WE MOZAMBICANS KNOW OUR HISTORY

[@kaiohraoh2341]

Yes, Dhlakama was a great man still loved by millions . we can see throught the lies presented in this video.

[@jimmymshali6661]

Dlakama. made Mozambican people to suffer working in collaboration. with apartheid government of south Africa

[@charlesachinike9540]

Everyone is a fighter Alfonso is brave he should have learnt when to quit because his allies had isolated him

[@philipbanda6637]

Fantastic representation of Mozambique history . Dutch and English settlers in South Africa must pay for these atrocities one of these days....soon

[@jonye7511]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣soon the people who think like this will also be living in poverty and under threat from Islamic extremists.

[@philipbanda6637]

@@jonye7511 Dutch and British settlers killed the African hero Samora Machel . Land explopriation without compensation should be part of reparations .....in south Africa , Mozambique and Angola.

[@jonye7511]

@@philipbanda6637 Yes , now read the latest in this morning's The Citizen about who stands in the way of successful land redistribution in S A. But perhaps people like you with your own agendas will continue to parrot these accusations because it benefits you, the black elite. Zimbabweans got their land but are running away from it into the neighboring countries. Only their elite are living well.

[@timkincade9763]

​@@philipbanda6637keep the hate going, you have learned nothing

[@chrismakmak9571]

South Africa destroyed Mozambique as well if wasn't South Africa helping those rebels to continue fighting Mozambik wo'd be better country this time

[@southernafricanboy4148]

​@SICELO BHEKI BAFANA KHUMALO clown South Africa supplied the arms

[@sollyngwenya173]

Apartheid South Africa not current South Africa

[@timkincade9763]

You can blame the Soviets spreading their dirty communism

[@rajarshirouth2486]

Can you give a 30-45 mins summary of African Geopolitics? I want to understand why African countries have such a weak constitution and why so easily military coups happen

[@xiwang2129]

Nice presentation. Civil wars are never good. However you left out another and I think a crucial reason. You mention Rhodesia and Apartheid governments as the originators of the movement. I bring this to your attention: Frelimo was formed from three different movements (research). After independence only members of one movement that formed Frelimo rose to prominence. Frelimo as a communist party started killing anyone who had different opinions even its own very vice president and his wife (Uria Simango), intellectuals, religious and traditional leaders. Frelimo had even camps similar to the Nazi concentration camps for anyone who had opposing views for a crime back then known as "enemies of the revolution). So, Rhodesia and Apartheid regimes explored this loophole. And another thing, not the least, you also left out the ethnic element present in it. And then connect that regional element to the three movements prior to forming Frelimo.

[@princebond]

Yes, tribalism played a huge role in there being FRELIMO dissidents in the first place. I always equate it to the tribalism that was apparent in Zimbabwe's revolutionary parties that culminated in the Gukurahundi massacres. Comrades who fought together to liberate a nation, then post independence, a certain faction started sharing power amongst themselves along tribal lines.

[@wanderfull5829]

When we address our own issues and agree to disagree, we can work toward African unification. The white man's strategy of divide and conquer must be overpowered by knowledge of who your common enemy is.

[@johnmcdonald9295]

Take responsibility for your own actions ,and stop blaming white people, you clown

[@timkincade9763]

Play that victim card, we don't play that one in Uganda

[@acaciolacita3671]

Nice presentation, but Renamo was brutal

[@felixyusupov7299]

There never would have been a civil war had Frelimo not embraced communism and driven the Portuguese settlers out of Mozambique. Renamo gave Frelimo a taste of their own medicine and turned Mozambique into a wasteland.

[@hilariobuque2625]

Then tell us why the majority prefered to vote for him although he was bad. Local people who endured this war wont agree with you.

[@Americangunner1775]

Fun fact:Ronaldo’s dad fought in this war

[@irajabaly]

Afonso Dhlakama was in my opinion an unrecognized freedom fighter for democracy in Mozambique, agaisnt the communist regime in power of Pdt Samora Machel. though he instigated a brutal war, the opponent army of Samora machel was also very brutal in massacring innocent civilians, because war is not a "game" between gentlemen . It is a pity that Afonso Dhlakama never won the presidential elections, because had this happen, Mozambique population would maybe enjoy a democratic regime and would have never suffered of the communist grip of USSR and its allies . We can refer to Ethiopia under Mengistu's bloody rule as for the destruction of the country by African "red" dictators

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

AHAHAHA. Fuck this is an awsome joke, tell me another one.

[@brendanpaterson5635]

Dhlakama was an ignoramus - nothing but an ignorant fool. Renamo under his leadership committed nothing but mindless atrocities. He offered nothing for Mozamibique except chaos.

[@irajabaly]

@@brendanpaterson5635 hey! Samora machel and his fierce communist anti people party also made the worst barbaric atrocities . Not only Afonso Dlaklama , who offered twice peace conditions . Pls revise your point of view and be more objective and less judjemental. Even U.S.A. committed the worse war crime in Vietnam by throwing dreadful chemicals on civil populations, such as the "orange agent" , from which many generations still suffer of malformations , such as Japanese civiliand victims of US A bomb ; And pls be aware but there is no the good one , and the bad one during war

[@irajabaly]

@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 what's the fuck with you? This is not joke but reality of completely opposed political choices which could not meet : Samora Machel's marxist Frelimo which was dictatorship vs. Afonso Dlakhama serach for democracy in his country; which was always unsuccessful , due to treacherous Frelimo

[@brendanpaterson5635]

@@irajabaly - Nonsense. RENAMO were nothing but a murdering, mutilating pack of savages. Yes, FRELIMO certainly made mistakes. Plenty of them. But the mutilated men, women and children I saw during my couple of years living in Mozambique in the 90s (ankle tendons cut, breasts hacked off with machettes, lips cut off women and children by RENAMO forces) was more than enough proof of the ignorant savages RENAMO and Dhaklama were. May they rot in Hell. Cheers

[@aderitoguambe3766]

Well, if you want an omelet you have to break some eggs... If Dlhakhama didn't lead this war, Mozambique wouldn't have not tasted democracy. Whether we like it or not, this guy is the father of the Mozambican democracy.

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

As usual a good documentary. However, can I criticise it for not mentioning how awful Machel was? This does not justify anything but it would add perspective to why ordinary Mozambicans supported FRELIMO.

[@drjacob2276]

Mind if you tell me why and how Machel was awful?

[@urhunn7778]

@@drjacob2276 Samora Machel was Marxist, so the FRELIMO used Red Terror against the people of Mozambique, as Marxists generally do.

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

@@drjacob2276 I agree with ur Hunn. He was not Mengistu but he was still a communist revolutionary. Granted his pardoning of those who fought on the Portuguese side was very magnanimous, but he deteriorated.

[@balonkita185]

@@drjacob2276 He was also responsible for the execution of Mondlane's sucessor, Uria Simango and all of the former non Marxists members of FRELIMO, concentration camps in Niassa, arrest and execution of other state dissidents and protestors, not to mention the other calamities that come with the bad management of a country due to socialism

[@ML3180]

@@drjacob2276 His descent into dictatorial behavior culminating in murders and torturing of dissenters within FRELIMO for one. Granted, he didn’t live long enough to become a corrupt monster like Dos Santos in Angola.

[@petrosmachobomachovo974]

Ian Smith caused this RENAMO to exist, as he feared ZANLA

[@ShepardMazibiye-uc5td]

etempo de guerra

[@adielngindi-zr7yf]

Noo

[@shoraimanjonjo551]

Matsanga they where cutting off human feets for supper is it true

[@Albertotauzene]

You still have to learn more about Dhlakama. You have lots of misinformation in this video. For your own information, Dhlakama never lost elections in Mozambique 🇲🇿 but same thing that happens to ruling governments in other countries in Africa. Find more info about I with Mozambicans and make part 2 of this video.

[@robertrow4447]

If you had experienced the war or you lost your family from RENAMO . You'll never say that DLHAKAMA brought anything to do with freedom. You can't kill sn innocent people and you expect to be voted . He had poor education (DLHAKAMA)

[@mzee5533]

If you know the common name given to renamo fighters were called vanamatsanga

[@marcelluswhyte2291]

Please what does that mean.

[@udhogo]

​@@marcelluswhyte2291 seems so because the founder was Andre Matsangaise who was replaced by Dhlakama after his death "in action."

[@irajabaly]

Renamo in its total war agaisnt the ruling Frelimo in Mozambique was less worse than Mengistu's Derg regime and Josepfh Konny LRA in Uganda , Sudan and Centrafrica; though some of its methods agaisnt the human rights

[@timkincade9763]

True 👍