The Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Portuguese, 'Eduardo Mondlane University') is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The UEM is located in Maputo and has about 8,000 students. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Map of Mozambique with Maputo highlighted Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...
History
The institution was set up as a center for higher education in 1962 in what was then Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portugal's province of Mozambique; in 1968 it was named Universidade Lourenço Marques. When Mozambique gained independence in 1975, the city was renamed "Maputo" and the university was renamed in honor of Frelimo leader Eduardo Mondlane. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of Mozambique with Maputo highlighted Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO, pronounced fray-LEE-moo; Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a political party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975. ... Some regard Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (1920-1969) as the father of Mozambican independence. ...
The fourth of 16 sons of a chieftain of the Bantu-speaking Tsonga tribe, Mondlane was born in Portuguese East Africa in 1920.
In 1951, at age 31, Mondlane enrolled at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, starting as a junior, and in 1953 he obtained a degree in anthropology and sociology.
Mondlane's death was mourned at a state funeral in 1969 which was officiated by his Oberlin classmate and friend the Reverend Edward Hawley, who said during the ceremonies that Mondlane "...laid down his life for the truth that man was made for dignity and self-determination."
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