Signed by the author in May 1988 with a dedication to his special friend. Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1988. 1st. Edition. PB, 181pp, 14 b/w photo illustrations. The first biography of Samora Machel since his death in a plane crash (widely believed to have been engineered by the apartheid South African regime) on 19 October 1986.”A man can be killed in a second. To destroy a symbol takes longer”. Machel was a revolutionary, military strategist, and statesman with a unique personal style. Our copy is a photograph of our book; it has some scuffing on the rear and pages have tanned through aging so it is fair condition.