Isabel Martins was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Isabel Martins | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
Biography edit
During the Mozambican War of Independence she travelled to Algeria,[1] where FRELIMO fighters receive training. She was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[2] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[3] She married Camilo de Sousa; one of their children, Camila Maissune de Sousa, became a well-known artist.[4]
References edit
- ^ Jacinto Veloso (2012) Memories at Low Altitude: The Autobiography of a Mozambican Security Chief
- ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p42
- ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
- ^ Delinda Collier Body and flesh: Camila Maissune’s ‘3x4’