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ZANC was later banned, its leaders arrested and detained, but Mama Chikamoneka, with other women like [[Mama Betty Kaunda]], [[Emelia Saidi]] and [[Mandalena Mumba]], organized a new political party called the [[African National Independence Party]] (ANIP). They petitioned the colonial authorities over the starving families of the detained leaders and also fought legal battles for their release. | ZANC was later banned, its leaders arrested and detained, but Mama Chikamoneka, with other women like [[Mama Betty Kaunda]], [[Emelia Saidi]] and [[Mandalena Mumba]], organized a new political party called the [[African National Independence Party]] (ANIP). They petitioned the colonial authorities over the starving families of the detained leaders and also fought legal battles for their release. | ||
She was often arrested for inciting other citizens, hence she sometimes faked her name to Julia Chikamoneka ICO Mutusakamikila (meaning Julia, the secret of oppressing us shall be revealed). | She was often arrested for inciting other citizens, hence she sometimes faked her name to ''Julia Chikamoneka ICO Mutusakamikila'' (meaning Julia, the secret of oppressing us shall be revealed). | ||
Her home was used as a meeting place for other leaders of the nationalist movement who were in hiding, and was in fact where the African National Independent Party was formed. This party later morphed into the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) which was later led by Zambia’s first president, [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. | Her home was used as a meeting place for other leaders of the nationalist movement who were in hiding, and was in fact where the African National Independent Party was formed. This party later morphed into the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) which was later led by Zambia’s first president, [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. | ||
