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Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state (Ceremonial President) after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country’s independence.
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- Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe's first post-independence president, Canaan Banana, who was jailed for sodomy, died yesterday of an undisclosed illness. Banana, 67, a former Methodist minister, was found guilty in...
Sep 25, 2022 · A Esigodini-born Methodist minister and theologian, President Banana served as the ceremonial president of the Southern African country from 1980 until 1987, when he was in a way removed from office by his then-prime minister Robert Mugabe.
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Canaan Banana was an eminent political leader of Zimbabwe who went on to become the country’s first black President, after the much-prolonged war of independence. A radical theologian and a Methodist minister, Banana’s early political career enjoyed an honourable status.
The first president of independent Zimbabwe, the Rev Dr Canaan Banana, who has died aged 67, saw his reputation as one of Africa's leading statesmen eclipsed by his trial, conviction...
Nov 27, 2003 · Canaan Banana was Zimbabwe's first black president, serving as head of state for seven years after independence in 1980. It was a ceremonial post, however: real authority lay with the...
Nov 10, 2003 · Zimbabwe's first black president, Canaan Banana, has died. Mr Banana - who held office from 1980 to 1987 - had been ill with cancer. He was also a former Methodist minister. Zimbabwe...
