Noémia de Sousa

[3] Noémia de Sousa was born of mixed-race heritage in Catembe, on the south side of the bay across from the Mozambican capital Lourenço Marques.

[3] During this period anti-colonial literature in Mozambique was at its peak and de Sousa was one of many Mozambican women writers active in the resistance.

[3] De Sousa wrote an impactful poem, "Poema para uma Infância Distante," that was published in a resistance news publication.

[3] Noémia de Sousa was regularly published in O Brado Africano, and from 1949 she organized, directed, and edited the women's columns until she left for Portugal in 1951.

[3] During de Sousa's time at O Brado Africano, she focused the conversation on African identity, black pride, and indigenous feminism.