African nations declare days of mourning to honour Kenneth Kaunda

Countries pay respects to Zambia’s late founding father, revered for helping in the fight against colonialism.

Leaders across Africa have paid tribute to Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, who died on Thursday at the age of 97, declaring several days of mourning in their respective countries. While in power, Kaunda hosted many of the movements fighting for independence or Black equality in other countries around the continent, standing up to white minority rule in countries such as Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. President Hage Geingob of Namibia said in a statement Africa lost “a giant of a man”.