ABSTRACT Scholars have written extensively about the role Samora Machel played in FRELIMO during the armed struggle and as the first president of Mozambique. In sharp contrast, we know precious little about Samora’s formative years (1963–1970) and how they shaped his political thinking and action. In what ways did his experiences as a herd boy in southern Mozambique, his difficulties in the colonial educational system, his conflictual relationship with the Catholic Church and his work as a nurse and his relations with progressive whites help to radicalise him to shape his commitment to building a non-racial society in Mozambique? To answer these questions this article delves into a substantial body of little-used primary material housed in the Centro de Documentaçāo Samora Machel in Maputo. It also rests on the author’s interviews with the Mozambican President, his closest family members, and political confidantes, as well as guerrillas, peasants, and urban workers who had infrequent contact with him.

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迈向萨莫拉·马谢尔传记：革命者的形成，1933-1970 年约。

摘要 学者们写了大量关于 Samora Machel 在武装斗争期间在 FRELIMO 中所扮演的角色以及作为莫桑比克第一任总统所扮演的角色。与此形成鲜明对比的是，我们对萨莫拉的成长时期（1963-1970）以及这些时期如何塑造他的政治思想和行​​动知之甚少。他在莫桑比克南部作为牧童的经历、他在殖民教育体系中的困难、他与天主教会的冲突关系、他作为护士的工作以及他与进步的白人的关系如何帮助他激进地塑造他对在莫桑比克建立一个非种族社会？为了回答这些问题，本文深入研究了位于马普托的 Centro de Documentaçāo Samora Machel 中大量很少使用的主要材料。