Now free from 500 years of colonial rule and emerging from a brutal 16-year civil war, Mozambique hopes that its famous daughter will bring an African connection to the White House if her husband John Kerry is elected to the US presidency on November 2.

The wife of the US Democratic presidential contender was born on October 5, 1938, in Maputo, then called Lourenço Marques, and lived in colonial Mozambique until the age of 14 when she was sent to South Africa to continue her studies.

If Kerry wins the US presidency, Teresa would become the first African-born first lady.

iafrica.com

- posted by Mike Goad @ 10/24/2004 01:53:00 AM