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    Kenneth Kaunda

    First president of Zambia

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  1. Apr 24, 2024 · June 17, 2021, Lusaka, Zambia (aged 97) Title / Office: president (1964-1991), Zambia. Political Affiliation: African National Congress. Kenneth Kaunda (born April 28, 1924, Lubwa, near Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia]—died June 17, 2021, Lusaka, Zambia) was a politician who led Zambia to independence in 1964 and served as that ...

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  2. e. Kenneth Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), [1] also known as KK, [2] 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. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula 's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he ...

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  4. Jun 17, 2021 · His father, an ordained Church of Scotland minister, died while he was still a child, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. But the young Kaunda's academic ability won him a place in the ...

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  5. Jun 17, 2021 · 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 mission-educated middle ...

  6. Jun 18, 2021 · Last modified on Fri 16 Dec 2022 23.59 EST. 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 ...

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  7. Jun 17, 2021 · 17 June 2021. Former president of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, has passed away aged 97. Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought ...

  8. The Family of Kaunda Kenneth Kaunda, or KK, as he was generally referred to, was born in Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), 28 April 1924. His wife, Betty, who he married in 1946, died in 2012. They had eight children. Before entering politics, KK was a teacher. He was the youngest of eight children.

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