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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Lewis Changufu | | name = Lewis Changufu | ||
| image = | | image = Lewis_Changufu.jpg | ||
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| caption = Photo of Lewis Changufu appearing in the [[Zambia Daily Mail]] after his death | | caption = Photo of Lewis Changufu appearing in the [[Zambia Daily Mail]] after his death | ||
| birth_name = | | birth_name = | ||
| birth_date = | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|10|05}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] | | birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|27|1927|10}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|27|1927|10|05}} | ||
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| occupation = [[:Category:Politicians|Politician]] | | occupation = [[:Category:Politicians|Politician]] | ||
| years_active = | | years_active = | ||
| known_for = [[Cha Cha Cha Uprising]] | | known_for = [[Cha Cha Cha Uprising]], [[Freedom fighter]] | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Lewis Changufu''' (October 1927 - 27 April 2016) was a [[Zambia]]n politician, freedom fighter and the chief architect and co-ordinator of the [[Cha Cha Cha Uprising]] at the height of political campaigns to rid the country of British colonisation. | '''Lewis Mutale Changufu''' (5 October 1927 - 27 April 2016) was a [[Zambia]]n politician, freedom fighter and the chief architect and co-ordinator of the [[Cha Cha Cha Uprising]] at the height of political campaigns to rid the country of British colonisation. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Changufu’s roots can be traced to [[Chief Mwamba]]’s area in [[Kasama]] where he was born | Changufu’s roots can be traced to [[Chief Mwamba]]’s area in [[Kasama]] where he was born on 5 October 1927. That is where he started his school, going up to standard six after which he could not go to secondary school following the ban on his entire class from doing so by education authorities in the district after failing to do certain chores despite having written their exams.<ref name=dailymail>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=64915 Changufu: Death of Cha Cha Cha mastermind, Zambia Daily Mail, 30 April 2016]</ref> | ||
After being banned from proceeding to secondary school, Mr Changufu was sponsored by his father to South Africa in 1947 for further education. But when he made a stop-over in Lusaka, a cousin with whom he stayed outwitted him out of his money after promising to repay it at the month-end. After failing to repay the money, this cousin arranged with some friends to have Changufu start work at [[Government Printers]] as trainee printer, book binder and machine minder. While training on-the-job at Government Printers, Changufu enrolled at South Africa’s Lyciam College to study forms one and two by correspondence.<ref name=times>‘Pacesetters Remembered’ by Martin Wamunyima, Times of Zambia</ref> | After being banned from proceeding to secondary school, Mr Changufu was sponsored by his father to South Africa in 1947 for further education. But when he made a stop-over in Lusaka, a cousin with whom he stayed outwitted him out of his money after promising to repay it at the month-end. After failing to repay the money, this cousin arranged with some friends to have Changufu start work at [[Government Printers]] as trainee printer, book binder and machine minder. While training on-the-job at Government Printers, Changufu enrolled at South Africa’s Lyciam College to study forms one and two by correspondence.<ref name=times>‘Pacesetters Remembered’ by Martin Wamunyima, Times of Zambia</ref> | ||
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==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising== | ==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising== | ||
[[File:First cabinet - with names.jpg|350px|thumbnail|left|First Cabinet: Lewis Changufu (second in top row from left) with [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[United National Independence Party]].]] | [[File:First cabinet - with names.jpg|350px|thumbnail|left|First Cabinet: Lewis Changufu (second in top row from left) with [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[United National Independence Party]].]] | ||
As | As a way of compelling the British government to end the unpopular Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) embarked on a campaign dubbed ''[[Cha Cha Cha]]'' meant to make the then Northern Rhodesia ungovernable.<ref name=dailymail/> | ||
Initially, there was a ‘war cabinet’ which was constituted to oversee the whole operation. Its members were Lewis Changufu as leader, first independence [[:Category:Ministers of Finance|Minister of Finance]] [[Arthur Wina]] and an Irish party member, Mr Edmund. The committee was to identify targets for attack, and to do so, they engaged a group of youths to execute the scheme. One of the targets was a fleet of new government vehicles that were parked at the former Mechanical Services Branch (MSB) premises in [[Lusaka]].<ref name=dailymail/> | Initially, there was a ‘war cabinet’ which was constituted to oversee the whole operation. Its members were Lewis Changufu as leader, first independence [[:Category:Ministers of Finance|Minister of Finance]] [[Arthur Wina]] and an Irish party member, Mr Edmund. The committee was to identify targets for attack, and to do so, they engaged a group of youths to execute the scheme. One of the targets was a fleet of new government vehicles that were parked at the former Mechanical Services Branch (MSB) premises in [[Lusaka]].<ref name=dailymail/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1927 births]] | [[Category:1927 births]] | ||
