Lina Magaia

Lina Magaia (1940 – June 27, 2011) was a Mozambican writer, journalist and veteran of the war for the independence of Mozambique. It was a woman of many facets, which stood out during the life in areas such as writing, film, rural development, or even as a soldier of the liberation of the country from colonial rule. Lina Magaia died on June 27, 2011 victim of cardiovascular disease.

Published works

• Histórias trágicas do banditismo. 2 volumes. (1987–89)
• Dumba Nengue ' (1987) [Dumba nengue, run for your life: peasant tales of tragedy in Mozambique. Translated by Michael Wolfers; historical introduction by Allen Isaacman. (1988) ISBN 0-86543-074-8 (pbk.); ISBN 0-86543-073-X]
• Duplo massacre en Moçambique (1989)
• Doppio massacro : storie tragiche del banditismo in Mozambico (1990) ISBN 88-267-0093-1
• Delehta: pulos na vida (1994)
• Memories of Grandma Marta (2011)

The books "Dumba Nengue" (1987) and "Double Massacre in Mozambique" (1989) contain gruesome episodes illustrating the savage nature of the war and of the apartheid regime's surrogate force, the Renamo rebels. A third book "Delehta" (1994) set during the war, is part fiction, part documentary. Lina's final work was "Recordacoes da Vovo Marta" ("Memories of Grandma Marta"), published in 2011, and based on lengthy interviews with one of Mozambique's oldest women, 99 year old Marta Mbocota Guebuza, mother of the current Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza.

Source

• Biography African People Database
• http://www.embamoc-usa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210:lina-magaia-dies&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18