 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1972, bato rezvematongerwe enyika reMarxist, Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe MLSTP, rakagadzirwa nevapoteri muEquatorial Guinea nechinangwa chekugadzira nyika yakazvimirira. Shanduko yeCarnationmuna 1974 akagumisa udzvinyiriri hweEstado Novo muPortugal ndokutanga muitiro wokubvisa nyika dzePortugal muAfrica. Musi waJuly 12, 1975, hurumende itsva yePortugal yakapa São Tomé nePríncipe kuzvitonga kuzere. 