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Wiriyamu
16 Dec 1972 — Portuguese troops massacre the villagers of Wiriyamu in Mozambique; the killing, exposed by missionaries, shames Lisbon before the world on the eve of its own revolution. Remember them.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — The Portuguese Empire Falls Last in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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