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Eduardo Mondlane

Eduardo Mondlane, 1920 - 1969, was born in Portuguese Mozambique, the fourth of 16 sons of a Bantu chieftain.

He eventually enrolled in the University of Lisbon, and later transferred to the U.S., where he entered Oberlin College, and subsequently earned a doctorate in sociology at Northwestern University.

As an Oberlin student he worked as a waiter at the Oberlin Inn and lived at 276 North Pleasant Street.

In 1962, Mondlane became president of the Mozambican Liberation Front .

Seven years later, a book was sent to him containing a bomb, killing him instantly.

Both the Portuguese secret police and rival elements of the liberation front have been accused of the murder.