Kafundanga Chingunji Explained

Kafundanga Chingunji
Death Place:	Angola's border with Zambia
Death Date:	January 1974
Occupation:	the first chief of staff in the government of UNITA

"Kafundanga" Chingunji (died January 1974) ^[1] served as the first chief of staff in the government of UNITA, pro-Western rebels, during the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). As the patriarch of the Chingunji family he founded a political dynasty based in Angola's Central Highlands.^[2]

Death

Officially, Chingunji died from cerebral malaria on Angola's border with Zambia.^[3] His wife and others who saw his body say someone poisoned Chingunji. Rumors later alleged Jonas Savimbi, the head of UNITA, ordered his assassination.^[2]

See also

• List of unsolved deaths

Notes and References

1. Book: Bridgland, Fred. The War for Africa: Twelve Months that Transformed a Continent. 2017-06-19. Casemate Publishers. 978-1-61200-493-8. en.
2. Book: Brittain, Victoria. 1998. Death of Dignity: Angola's Civil War. 17.
3. Book: Brittain, Victoria. Death of Dignity: Angola's Civil War. 1998. Pluto Press. 978-0-7453-1247-7. en.