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'''Simon Zukas''' (born 1925, died 27 September 2021) was a [[Zambia]]’s veteran [[politician]] and freedom fighter who stood on the side of indigenous people against the supremacy of the colonialist through his membership in [[Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula]]'s [[African National Congress]] - ANC.<ref>Simon Zukas Dies https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/simon-zukas-dies/ [[ZNBC]]</ref> | '''Simon Zukas''' (born 1925, died 27 September 2021) was a [[Zambia]]’s veteran [[politician]] and freedom fighter who stood on the side of indigenous people against the supremacy of the colonialist through his membership in [[Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula]]'s [[African National Congress]] - ANC.<ref>Simon Zukas Dies [https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/simon-zukas-dies/], [[ZNBC]]</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Zukas was born in Lithuania in 1925.<ref name="biography"/> His father emigrated from Lithuania to | Zukas was born in Lithuania in 1925.<ref name="biography"/> His father emigrated from Lithuania to Southern Africa in 1936 in search of work, as the shadow of Nazism was descending on Europe. He settled in [[Northern Rhodesia]], opening a shop in the town of [[Ndola]], and his family joined him in 1938. | ||
Zukas arrived as a 13 year old who spoke only a little English, struggling to adapt to a country where black people were treated as second-class citizens under British colonial rule. | Zukas arrived as a 13 year old who spoke only a little English, struggling to adapt to a country where black people were treated as second-class citizens under British colonial rule. | ||
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