Independence movements in Mozambique Independence movements in Mozambique Groups interested in freeing Mozambique from Portuguese colonial rule and making it an independent nation emerged in the early 1900s, shortly after Portugal had defeated the last of the native chieftaincies and established effective control over the territory. In 1920 or 1923, a government sponsored organisation, the Liga Africana was established in Lisbon for ""assimilados"" -- members of the tiny minority of Africans in the colonies who had been given citizenship status. Gibson states that "although it gathered together only some twenty African and mulatto intellectuals, [it] had significant repercussions in the colonies." Later, in Mozambique,
First Lady of Mozambique member. Former Mozambican First Lady Graça Machel is the only person to have served as the First Lady of two different republics. She became the First Lady of South Africa on 18 July 1998 upon her marriage to Nelson Mandela. First Lady of Mozambique The First Lady of Mozambique (Portuguese: "Primeira-Dama de Moçambique") is the title held by the wife of the President of Mozambique. There have been just three First Ladies since Mozambique's independence in 1975. The country's current First Lady is Isaura Nyusi, wife of President Filipe Nyusi, who has held the position since 2015. The Office of