Comrade Josina Machel: An African heroine.
Very few people know about Josina Machel, a warrior whose brief life was spent fighting to liberate her country from colonial oppression. Josina Abiathar Muthemba was born on August 10, 1945, in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane. Her father Abiathar Muthemba, a nurse, and her mother Alfina Muthemba, were fierce anti-colonialists. At the age of 7, Zina, as she was affectionately known, attended the Dom João de Castro primary school in Mocímboa da Praia, northern Mozambique. At the age