An Oppressed People Will Always Rise.

At The Time Of Independence In 1975, Mozambique Was Extremely Poor. Many Portuguese Residents Abandoned The Country, Leaving Only A Handful Of Well-educated Mozambicans To Try To Run The Country.

I Came To Mozambique In 1986, When I First Became Involved With Teatro Avenida - A Theatre Company That Stages Plays Concerned With Political And Social Issues.

I Am Not Afraid Of Dying. I Have Lived Longer Than Most People In The World. What Scares Me Is To Have A Body That Works But A Brain That Is Waving Goodbye. If That Happens, I Hope I Die Quickly.

To Grow Up Is To Wonder About Things; To Be Grown Up Is To Slowly Forget The Things You Wondered About As A Child.

Some People Give Theirselves A Certain Number Of White Weeks Once In A Year, When They Do Not Drink A Single Drop Of Alcohol. It Is Really Wise. I Myself Have A Few Weeks Per Year, Let Us Call Them White Or Black, When I Am Not Interested In The World Around. When I Come Back From This Isolation Of The News, I Realize That I Have Missed Nothing Significant. We Live In The Rain Of Disinformation And Rumors, Where The Truth Is A Very Small Number. In Those Weeks Of Dissociation I Seek For Knowledge That Lies Within Me.