Noun
statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999)
Source: WordNetA true pan-African, together with compatriots, Amilcar Cabral, Kwame Nkrumah, Kenneth Kaunda, Julius Nyerere, and Samora Machel, you internationalised the liberation struggle, inspiring an entire continent to demand self- determination from colonial rule. Source: Internet
Bazoft was later tried and condemned to death, but Kaunda managed to negotiate for his female companion's release. Source: Internet
Early life Kaunda is the youngest of eight children. Source: Internet
Fall from power Eventually, however, economic troubles and increasing international pressure to bring more democracy to Africa forced Kaunda to change the rules that kept him in power. Source: Internet
His close friend Julius Nyerere had stepped down from the republican presidency of Tanzania in 1985 and was quietly encouraging Kaunda to follow suit. Source: Internet
His father was the Reverend David Kaunda, an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and teacher, who was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi ) and had moved to Chinsali to work at Lubwa Mission. Source: Internet