Reasons why the struggle for independence in Mozambique was violent.
Answer Text: Reasons why the struggle for independence in Mozambique was violent.(a) The depth of suffering by ordinary people in Mozambique was unbearable.(b) The harshness of the Portuguese administration could only be matched with similar violence.(c) The unwillingness of Portugal to ease her colonial hold and begin the process of decolonization.(d) Extreme exploitation of Mozambique resources e.g. land, labour, minerals.(e) Widespread land alienation left many landless.(f) To uproot the Portuguese from Mozambique, they had to use full-scale military operation by the liberators because the masters did not see any sense of granting Mozambique independence peacefully.
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