[T]he Republic of Mozambique. . . is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabweto the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. It is separated from Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo (previously called Lourenço Marques before independence).The country is rich in natural resources, but the economy remains largely agrarian, although industry and tourism are on the rise. Since 2001, the rate of economic growth in Mozambique has been among the highest in the world. Unfortunately, independence from Portugal in 1975 was followed by nearly two decades of Marxist rule, the forced ouster of Portuguese residents (taking much of the nation's education base with them) and central planning that pretty much completely fucked the country's economy. High growth rates in the economuy are easier when the economy is completely in the toilet, and the country still rankes among the world's lowest in GDP per capita as well as life expectancy.
It's a pretty country with a whole bunch of beautiful Indian Ocean coastline that is just stunning. I'm sure tourism will continue to increase as infrastructure is built. A new consitution in the 1990s created a multi-party democracy and traded Marixism for capitalism, and the economic situation has improved ever since. Good luck to Mozambique on that, and welcome to Eff You nation!
Bob Dylan did a song called "Mozambique" on his album "Desire" that I always liked. Couldn't find a video of it that wasn't somebody's You Tube vanity cover of it, though, so no Bobby for you today.
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