Celeste Vatatono Cossa was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.

Celeste Cossa
Member of the People's Assembly
In office
1977–
ConstituencyGaza

Biography

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Originally from Chibuto, Cossa worked in the cotton growing sector, which had been forced upon areas of the country by the Portuguese authorities.[1] She was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[2] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Allen Isaacman (1992) "Paternalism and the Labour Process: The Mozambican Cotton Regime 1938-1961" Journal of Southern African Studies, volume 18, number 3, pp487–526
  2. ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p42
  3. ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267