Identify the factors which prompted the Portuguese to grant independence to Mozambique.
Answer:
- Lack of adequate funds to suppress the continuous African resistance.
- The African nationalists used guerrilla warfare tactics making it very difficult for the Portuguese armies to suppress them.
- Poor transport and communication network made it very difficult for the Portuguese troops to move fast to areas where there was African resistance.
- The coup d’etat in Portugal made the colonial government directs all her attention to the coup rather than suppress the African resistance.
- The African nationalist’s strategy of attacking the Portuguese forces from different points randomly overwhelmed the Portuguese.