Short biography of luis bernardo honwana

Mozambican author and statesman (born 1942)

Luís Bernardo Honwana (born 1942) is a Mozambican author and statesman.

Biography

Luís Bernardo Honwana was born Luís Augusto Bernardo Manuel in Lourenço Marques (present-day Maputo), Mozambique.^[1][2] His parents, Raúl Bernardo Manuel (Honwana) and Naly Jeremias Nhaca, belonged to the Ronga people from Moamba, a town about 55 km north-west of Maputo.

In 1964, he became a militant with FRELIMO, a front that had the objective to liberate Mozambique from Portuguese colonial rule. Due to his political activities he was arrested by the colonial authorities and was incarcerated for three years, from 1964 to 1967.^[3][4] In 1970, he went to Portugal and did a law degree at the University of Lisbon.^[2] For some time, he worked as a journalist. In 1975, upon independence, he became Director of the Office of President Samora Machel.^[2] In 1982, Grace ogot!