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Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane: From professor to freedom fighter

Mozambique鈥檚 struggle to end Portuguese colonial rule, the brainwashing of Albanian youth under Stalinist Enver Hoxha's leadership, and the worst ever loss of life at sea in WW2.

Mozambique鈥檚 struggle to end Portuguese colonial rule and the assassination of Eduardo Mondlane, we'll hear from his daughter Nyeleti Brooke Mondlane and Dr Eric Morier-Genoud from Queen's University Belfast. Also, the brainwashing of Albanian youth under Stalinist Enver Hoxha's leadership, the fight for democracy in Taiwan and the worst ever loss of life at sea - the sinking of the German military transport ship, Wilhelm Gustloff in World War Two. All that plus, from the archives, the life and work of the celebrated French author Marcel Proust 100 years after his death.

PHOTO: Eduardo Mondlane in 1966 (Getty Images)

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