“All along the path into the village we encountered rebel militiamen – barefooted, wearing ragged uniforms, carrying rifles and bandoliers. They were obviously locals recruited from surrounding villages. This was rebel territory, and men like these, who seemed to flit… — farida karodia Copy Share Image
“On the way we encountered many other people: families on the move, women wearily limping along behind their men, carrying bundles on their heads… — farida karodia Copy Share Image
“One could only hope that this country, which had always been poor – not through a lack of resources, but because Portugal had decided that this was to be the country’s fate- would finally develop to its full potential. I just hope that it would not go the way of other independent black nations, which had allowed their resources to… — Farida Karodia Copy Share
“It didn’t matter which side you were on. It was an empty, cavernous world in which young boys groped around in the dark, dreading… — Farida Karodia Copy Share Image
“The deserters and dissenters expelled from the party formed RENAMO, a rebel group committed to snatching power from FRELIMO. Supported by South Africa and Rhodesia, who did not want a socialist government on their doorsteps, RENAMO conducted a campaign of terror, destabalisation and plunder, murdered hundreds of thousands of Mozambicans. It was a tragedy and travesty of the worst kind.… — Farida Karodia Copy Share
“I thought again about the contradiction Mozambique was. On the one hand there were people like Dona Maria, compassionate and caring, and on the… — Farida Karodia Copy Share Image
“All along the path into the village we encountered rebel militiamen – barefooted, wearing ragged uniforms, carrying rifles and bandoliers. They were obviously locals… — farida karodia Copy Share Image
“My education had equipped me to suffer in silence, a form of passive endurance. Even though I know nothing about being brave, I soon… — Farida Karodia Copy Share Image
“David had once told me that there was no sky as totally black as the African sky, where the stars hung so low that… — Farida Karodia Copy Share Image
![“My education had equipped me to suffer in silence, a form of passive endurance. Even though I know nothing about being brave, I soon realised that self-denial was like self-immolation. It was a state of stasis that relieved one of the responsibility to change things. [162]” quote by Farida Karodia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e1/farida-karodia-48939_change-things_my-education-had-equipped-me-to-suffer-i_2987259.jpg)
![“David had once told me that there was no sky as totally black as the African sky, where the stars hung so low that one could almost reach out to pluck them from the heavens. [270]” quote by Farida Karodia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/135/farida-karodia-48939_astronomy_david-had-once-told-me-that-there-was-no_3006773.jpg)