Lawrence Chola Katilunga

Lawrence Chola Katilunga (sometimes written Kaitilungu) was leader of the African Mineworkers' Union of Northern Rhodesia. In 1952, he led a successful strike to gain a wage increase of a half-crown per day for African workers.^[1]^[2]

Katilunga was selected as a member of the 26-member Advisory Commission on Central Africa, set up by the British government in 1959 to prepare the 1960 conference to review the Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.^[3]

References

^ Shillington, p. 1700.
^ Campbell, p. 194.
^ House of Lords Debates, 24 November 1959 vol 219 cc890-901

Sources

Campbell, Alexander (1954), "The Heart of Africa", Longmans, Green and Company
Shillington, Kevin (2005), "Encyclopedia of African History", Routledge ISBN 978-1579582456
Encyclopædia Britannica, Zambia; Colonial Rule

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