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Kenneth Kaunda, who died recently at the age of 97 , was the former president of

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  1. ABrazil
  2. BMexico
  3. CZambia
  4. DSouth Sudan

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C. Zambia

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Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across southern Africa, died at the age of 97 on 18 June 2021.Kaunda was elected the first president of Zambia (then known as Northern Rhodesia) in 1964. During his 27-year rule, he gave critical support to armed African nationalist groups that won independence for neighbouring countries including Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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