Lina Magaia (born 1940s) is a Mozambican novelist and short story writer. A member of FRELIMO, Magaia helped to make known accounts of the plight of peasants during the Mozambican Civil War caused by counter-revolutionary RENAMO.
Histórias trágicas do banditismo. 2 volumes. (1987—89)
Dumba nengue (1987) [Dumba nengue, run for your life: peasant tales of tragedy in Mozambique. Translated by Michael Wolfers; historical introduction by Allen Isaacman. (1988) ISBN 0865430748 (pbk.); ISBN 086543073X]
Duplo massacre en Moçambique (1989)
Doppio massacro : storie tragiche del banditismo in Mozambico (1990) ISBN 8826700931