Monica Chitupila was a Mozambican independence activist and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Monica Chitupila | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
| Constituency | Maputo City |
Biography
editChitupila was originally from Niassa Province.[1] She became involved in the independence struggle,[2] starting her training in 1967 in Nachingwea and rising to become the Provincial Commander of the FRELIMO Female Detachment in Niassa.[3] Chitupila was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[4] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[5] An employee of Fábrica Continental de Borracha,[6] she was re-elected in 1986 and became the longest serving member of the FRELIMO central committee.[2]
References
edit- ^ Samora Machel (1983) Defender a pátria, eliminar a fome--tarefa de todos os moçambicanos, p66
- ^ a b R. Joseph Parrot (2014) "Guerilla Grannies: How to Live in This World by Ike Bertels" African Studies Review, volume 57, number 1, pp246–248
- ^ Jonna Katto (2013) Grandma was a Guerrilla Fighter: Life Memories of the Women who Fought for Mozambique’s Independence in Northern Niassa
- ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p43
- ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
- ^ 4.° Suplemento Boletim da República, 22 September 1987