Monica Chitupila was a Mozambican independence activist and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Biography Chitupila was originally from Niassa Province.Samora Machel (1983) Defender a pátria, eliminar a fome--tarefa de todos os moçambicanos, p66 She became involved in the independence struggle,R. Joseph Parrot (2014) "Guerilla Grannies: How to Live in This World by Ike Bertels" African Studies Review, volume 57, number 1, pp246–248 starting her training in 1967 in Nachingwea and rising to become the Provincial Commander of the FRELIMO Female Detachment in Niassa.Jonna Katto (2013) Grandma was a Guerrilla Fighter: Life Memories of the Women who Fought for Mozambique’s Independence in Northern Niassa Chitupila was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p43 in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267 An employee of Fábrica Continental de Borracha,4.° Suplemento Boletim da República, 22 September 1987 she was re-elected in 1986 and became the longest serving member of the FRELIMO central committee.
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