Esperança Muthemba

During the Mozambican War of Independence Muthemba was involved with the underground movements in Lourenço Marques.^[1] After being arrested in João Belo by the PIDE, she was exiled to Muecate in Nampula Province, where she was required to report to the administration on a daily basis.^[2] In 1967 she began working for the Credito Agricola de Nampula as a bookkeeper.^[2]

Following independence in 1975, she was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections and was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.^[3] Re-elected in 1986, she was a substitute member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Council.^[4] She also served as the secretary of the Maputo branch of the Organization of Mozambican Women.^[5]