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Episode 25: Liberation! Nelson Mandela and Eduardo Mondlane

Our final episode of African Roots looks at how Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane and South Africa's Nelson Mandela shaped their respective nations' fight against oppression and inspired thousands of young people to take up the armed struggle.

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Chapters:
02:10 Who was Eduardo Mondlane?
04:44 Why did Mondlane return to Mozambique?
05:33 The beginnings of Frelimo for a free Mozambique
10:31 How did Mondlane build a base to fight for Mozambican liberation?
13:20 Why was Mondlane assassinated
15:10 Break
16:58 Why was Nelson Mandela so revered when he was released from prison?
23:07 How was Mandela’s freedom almost derailed?
25:25 Mandela’s law career and founding the ANC Youth League under apartheid
26:30 The seeds of the armed struggle against apartheid
27:45 The Rivonia trials and prison
28:30 Averting civil war, and becoming South Africa’s first democracy
31:00 Mandela’s dream and challenges ahead for South Africa