Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College | |
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Location | |
Mazimbu, Morogoro | |
Coordinates | 06°51′10.85″S 37°39′26.85″E / 6.8530139°S 37.6574583°E |
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Established | 1978 |
Closed | 9 September 1992 |
Principal | Alpheus Mangezi |
Grades | 1 - 12 |
The Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO), was an educational institution established by the exiled African National Congress (ANC) in 1978 at Mazimbu, Tanzania. It provided primary and secondary education to students who had fled South Africa after the 1976 Soweto uprising or who were the children of existing exiles. It taught both academic and vocational subjects, unlike the Bantu education system that hosted black students in South Africa. Farmlands supplied food to the institution and it also included a hospital. It was officially opened by Oliver Tambo in 1985.