Dia de Mártires da Liberdade (Day of the Martyrs of Liberty) is a national holiday in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is celebrated February 3 when, in 1953, the Batepá massacre perpetrated by Portuguese landowners killed hundreds of native people.
Dia de Mártires da Liberdade is a national holiday in Angola.
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The Angolan commemoration of colonial uprising actually has a somewhat longer name, Dia dos Mártires da Repressão Colonial, which translates to Day of the Martyrs of Colonial Repression.
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