Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 49
“I gazed at that small boat and said to myself, mhh, I am a Mkwere without swimming skills. Better for Membe because he has married in Mbamba Bay. He can swim.”
On his failure to cross Ruvuma River on FRELIMO's 40th anniversary, 2008-07-27 http://ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2008/07/27/119308.html
2008
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