They were also forced to grow cotton—a cash crop from which the colonial power profited handsomely—instead of growing food crops for their own subsistence (to sustain their lives). Nevertheless, through hard work they managed to accumulate several plows and four hundred head of cattle.
Machel, at the age of nine, was sent by his parents to a school run by Catholic missionaries (missionaries were the sole providers of education for black children in the nation) in the town of Souguene. There he received religious education as well as lessons in Portuguese language and culture. Machel allowed himself to be baptized—a requirement for attending high school—only to find out that after high school he would be compelled to enter the priesthood. Machel opted, instead, to enroll in nursing school in the capital city of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo).
After completing his training in nursing, Machel found employment at the Miguel Bombarda Hospital. There he was dismayed at the disparity in the quality of medical care given to white colonialists (who were generally wealthy) and black native Mozambicans (who were generally poor).
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