Samora Machel Statue, Bronze monument in KaMpfumo district, Mozambique.

The Samora Machel Statue is a bronze figure 9 metres tall and weighing 4.8 tons, standing on a marble-clad base 2.7 metres high in the centre of Praça da Independência. Machel is shown in a stylised FRELIMO military uniform with his right index finger raised. It faces the head of Samora Machel Avenue, in front of Maputo City Hall, and is lit at night.

The square's statue of Governor-General Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque, erected in the mid-1940s, stood here until independence. The cornerstone for the new square layout and statue was laid in October 2006, and President Armando Guebuza inaugurated the bronze on 19 October 2011, the 25th anniversary of Machel's death in a plane crash. Guebuza said the site was chosen because it is central and because Machel was sworn into office on this square.

Machel is shown with his right index finger raised, wearing a stylised FRELIMO military uniform. The statue stands where a monument to Governor-General Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque stood from the mid-1940s until independence. A smaller statue of Machel is a few metres away at the entrance to the Tunduru Gardens.

The statue stands in the middle of Praça da Independência, facing the head of Samora Machel Avenue and Maputo City Hall. The square is reached on foot from the surrounding streets of the central KaMpfumo district. The statue is illuminated at night.

The sculpture was crafted by the North Korean organization Mansudae Overseas Projects in Pyongyang before being transported to Mozambique. This uncommon international process connects two historically distant nations through a single artwork.