Simon Zukas: Difference between revisions

Zukas was an important activist for Zambia's independence. After a stint in the army and at university in Cape Town he campaigned against colonial rule, which led to him being imprisoned for eight months and eventually deported to England in 1952. He continued to campaign from London, until being invited to return home when Zambia finally won its independence in 1964.<ref name="cnn">[http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/19/world/africa/zambia-jewish-history/index.html CNN, The forgotten story of Zambia's Jewish settlers, January 19, 2012]</ref>. He stayed in exile for eleven years.<ref name="biography"> Eugenia W. Herbert (2004). Review of Simon Zukas 'Into Exile and Back' African Studies Review, 47, pp 235-236. doi:10.1017/S0002020600030730. </ref>

He gradually became disillusioned with the [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]] and [[Kenneth Kaunda|President Kaunda]]’s one-party state and became one founders of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD). After the party’s triumph in the [[1991 elections]], he served as [[Member of Parliament]] and a member of the government in several positions, finally resigning after the government tried to prevent Kaunda from [[1996 elections|contesting the presidency in 1996]] on the grounds that he was not a Zambian citizen.<ref name="biography"/>

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