Marcelino dos Santos, born on this day in 1929, was a Mozambican poet, revolutionary, and politician who co-founded the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO-Mozambican Liberation Front) in 1962. Santos served as the party's deputy president from 1969 to 1977.

After Mozambique won its independence, Santos served in its government in a variety of capacities over the next several decades: as Minister of Economic Development, Chairman of the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, and, towards the end of his life, a member of the Frelimo Central Committee.

Under the pseudonyms Kalungano and Lilinho Micaia, he published his early poems in "O Brado Africano". Under his real name, the Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos (Mozambican Writers' Association) published his work "Canto do Amor Natural".

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  • GamerGulag [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    watching a subreddit i enjoy getting overtaken by the noncredibledefense shitheads and turned into a counter-left american imperialist circlejerk of "well actually bombing all of the houses in iraq was based"

      • GamerGulag [they/them]
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        2 years ago

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    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I remember someone from that sub saying that a Taiwan war would "only upset those who are nationalistic about a country they've never lived in or have any experience with" to which I replied, "So noncredibledefense? A surprise, but a welcome one." He told me to fuck off and deleted his account.