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BORN IN MAGULE, MOZAMBIQUE (PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA), JOÃO DOS SANTOS ALBASINI WAS A MULATTO, THE LEADING INTELLECTUAL IN THE MAIN CENTER, LOURENÇO MARQUES (TODAY, MAPUTO), THE EDITOR OF O AFRICANO (THE AFRICAN) FOUNDED 1908, AND O BRADO AFRICANO (THE AFRICAN VOICE) FOUNDED IN 1918, AND A CHAMPION OF WORKER AND AFRICAN RIGHTS. OFTEN CHARACTERIZED AS A REPUBLICAN AND A MODERATE, ALBASINI HAD A BASIC EDUCATION AND AN APPETITE FOR IDEAS. HE WAS AN AVID READER OF REPUBLICAN THEORY, SYNDICALISM, AND ANARCHISM – ALL INFLUENTIAL IN PORTUGAL – AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH A RANGE OF RADICAL IDEAS CIRCULATING IN THE CITY'S THRIVING CAFÉ CULTURE.