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    Kenneth Kaunda

    First president of Zambia

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  1. This is where Kenneth Kaunda received his education until the early 1940s. He later on followed in his parents' footsteps and became a teacher; [7] first in Northern Rhodesia [7] but then in the middle of the 1940s he moved to Tanganyika Territory (now part of Tanzania).

  2. Apr 24, 2024 · Kaundas father, who was from Nyasaland (now Malawi ), was a schoolteacher; his mother, also a teacher, was the first African woman to teach in colonial Zambia. Both taught among the Bemba ethnic group in northern Zambia, where young Kaunda received his early education, completing secondary school in the early 1940s.

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  4. Quick Facts. Also Known As: KK, Kenneth David Kaunda, Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda. Died At Age: 97. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Betty Kaunda. father: Reverend David Kaunda. mother: Helen Kaunda. children: Tilyenji Kaunda, Wezi Kaunda. Born Country: Zambia. Presidents Black Leaders. Died on: June 17, 2021. place of death: Lusaka, Zambia.

  5. Jun 17, 2021 · The early years. Kenneth David Kaunda was born in Chinsali, Northern Zambia, on October 24 1924. Like so many of his generation of African liberation leaders, he came from a family of the...

  6. Kaunda stressed the central role that education must play in the liberation of the African people. After Zambia’s political independence, he built many primary schools and colleges to train nurses. On the humanitarian front, Zambia would become a leader in the fight against apartheid.

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  7. Jun 17, 2021 · 17 June 2021. Getty Images. Kenneth Kaunda was one of the pioneer leaders of a new Africa, as countries threw off colonialism in favour of independent statehood. A man of great personal charm,...

  8. Jul 2, 2021 · The son of two educators and a teacher early in life himself, Kaunda championed education for all Zambians. A man of deep faith, he supported ecumenical movements within Zambia, as well. When I served as US ambassador to Zambia from 2010 to 2013, my first call with a Zambian leader was with President Kaunda, as a sign of respect for him and for ...

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