Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College

Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College
Location
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Mazimbu, Morogoro

Coordinates06°51′10.85″S 37°39′26.85″E / 6.8530139°S 37.6574583°E / -6.8530139; 37.6574583
Information
Established1978
Closed9 September 1992
PrincipalAlpheus Mangezi
Grades1 - 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.