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Kenneth Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule .
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Mar 18, 2024 · Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian politician who led Zambia to independence in 1964 and served as that country’s president until 1991. He is revered as the country’s founding president and as a hero of African liberation. Read here to learn more about the life of Kenneth Kaunda.
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Jun 17, 2021 · Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the...
Jun 17, 2021 · Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and a founding patriarch of African independence who kept his grip on power for 27 years before enduring electoral defeat, an attempted assassination,...
Jun 17, 2021 · Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and one of Africa’s last surviving liberation leaders, has died at a military hospital in Lusaka, where he was being treated for pneumonia. He was 97.
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Jun 18, 2021 · The president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991, Kenneth Kaunda, who has died aged 97, stood out as one of the most humane and idealistic African leaders in the post-independence age.
Jul 2, 2021 · Former president of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, died last month aged 97. A state memorial service for Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda, has been held with a 21-gun salute and a flypast by...