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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
The experience of Angola is one of the important lessons of our times.
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That the united and resolute people,
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fighting for their freedom, led by a revolutionary vanguard,
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such as the UFDR, and acting in close cooperation
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with all democratic and progressive forces in the world,
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can defeat the forces of imperialism and world reaction.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
The courage, and the patriotism of the Angolan women,
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who shared with their menfolk, the hardship of
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the struggle for the liberation of their country,
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is a source of inspiration to all of us.
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They were to be found, in the ranks of the gorilla detachments,
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supplying food, delivering ammunition, as well as nursing the wounded,
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and at the same time, learning and teaching literacy.
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We will never forget the five leading members of all that -
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the first pioneer fighters in the ranks of the military struggle
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in the tiny detachment: Deolinda, Lucrécia, Engrácia, Irene, and Teresa.
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In 1967, they were captured when they were returning to Angola.
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They were reprisoned in the Kokusu prison in Zaire,
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and they were murdered at the UPA and the FNLA.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
These heroines will always be remembered and honored in Angola,
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
and in the heart of every women of the world who struggled
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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-29 18:54:48 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6XAP7: A few women, five in total, are remembered for their actions and honored still today [in Angola] with statues and naming streets and squares after them. They were: Deolinda Rodrigues de Almeida, Irene Cohen, Engrácia dos Santos, Lucrécia Paim and Teresa Afonso. These women were the founders of the women's division of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the Organização da Mulher de Angola (Organization of Angolan Women; OMA). (the Organization of Angolan Women (OMA) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-03 12:57:16 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-13 01:42:04