Isabel Martins was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Biography During the Mozambican War of Independence she travelled to Algeria,Jacinto Veloso (2012) Memories at Low Altitude: The Autobiography of a Mozambican Security Chief where FRELIMO fighters receive training. She was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p42 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 She married Camilo de Sousa; one of their children, Camila Maissune de Sousa, became a well-known artist.Delinda Collier Body and flesh: Camila Maissune’s ‘3x4’
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