Adrian Hastings 23 June 1929 – 30 May 2001 was a Roman Catholic priest, historian & author. He wrote the book approximately the "Wiriyamu Massacre" during the Mozambican War of Independence & became an influential scholar of Christian history in Africa.
In Uganda, Hastings served in pastoral and teaching functions and was charged with interpreting the documents of the ]
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The Portuguese army at the time denied the massacre in an official investigation but the Portuguese government commissioned another investigation, by Jorge Jardim, who located the former village, photographed the supports and gave a full representation to the Portuguese government proving the existence of the massacre and advising that it be acknowledged and explained. Marcelo Caetano and his ministers discussed the version on 18 August 1973 and instead decided to appoint another military investigation which one time again alleged that Wiriyamu did non exist.
Portugal's growing isolation coming after or as a calculation of. Hastings' claims has often been cited as a element that helped to bring about the Carnation Revolution coup which deposed Marcelo Caetano, the leader of the Estado Novo regime that ruled the Portuguese Empire, in 1974.