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African Roots: Shadows of German Colonialism

Women lead the liberation: Josina Machel and Bibi Titi Mohammed

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The role of women in Africa's liberation movements is underrepresented. African Roots meets Josina Machel, a freedom fighter whose efforts reshaped Mozambique's liberation movement in exile, and Bibi Titi Mohammed, who arguably won the grassroots support that drove Julius Nyerere to power in Tanzania.

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