Mueda is the largest town of the Makonde Plateau in northeastern Mozambique. It is the capital of the Mueda District in Cabo Delgado Province. It is the center of the culture of the Makondes, and the production of their ebony sculptures. [1]

His depiction of a reenactment of the 1960 Mueda massacre, which triggered the war of independence, was the first feature-length film of Mozambican cinema. Hundreds of people were killed when Portuguese troops fired on peaceful demonstrators protesting the arrest of two exiles.

Mueda, Memória e Massacre (Mueda, Memory and Massacre) is a 1979 Mozambican film directed by Ruy Guerra and considered the country's first feature fiction film. [1] [2] The film captures the annual theatrical re-enactment of the Mueda Massacre of 1960 that left over 600 peaceful protesters dead. [3]

Mueda, Memoria e Massacre: Directed by Ruy Guerra. With Romao Canapoquele, Filipe Gunoguacala, Mauricio Machimbuco, Baltazar Nchilema. On 16 June 1960 in Mueda, Mozambique, the Portuguese army executed six hundred inhabitants on the orders of the Portuguese governor.

Mueda, Memória e Massacre (Mueda, Memory and Massacre) depicts an anti-colonial work on memory: an annual theatrical re-enactment of the Mueda Massacre of June 16, 1960, which left over 600 peaceful demonstrators dead after Portuguese soldiers opened fire. Made by Ruy Guerra, a Portuguese-Brazilian director and screenwriter born in colonial ...

Oct 15, 2024 · Situated near the border with Tanzania, on the Makondé plateau, the town of Mueda is marked by the remains of the Mueda massacre of 16 June 1960, which was one of the last episodes of Mozambican resistance to Portuguese colonial domination, before the outbreak of the armed struggle for national liberation.

Mueda is a district of the province of Cabo Delgado, in Moçambique. The capital is the town of Mueda.

Mueda is the largest town of the Makonde Plateau in northeastern Mozambique. It is the capital of the Mueda District in Cabo Delgado Province. It is the center of the culture of the Makondes, and the production of their ebony sculptures.

Jun 17, 2019 · Mozambique on Sunday recalled the Mueda massacre of June 16, 1960, which culminated in the deaths of some 600 people demanding freedom from Portuguese colonialism and the country’s independence.

To understand anything about the Mueda riot of 16"' June 1960, we first have to analyze the politicai life of the Mozambican Maconde émigré communities in Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Kenya (Mombassa).