Canaan Banana
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Canaan Sodindo Banana (March 1936 – October 10, 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as Zimbabwe's first President from 1980 to 1987.
After the country's independence, he was Zimbabwe's first head of state after the Lancaster House Agreement that resulted in the country's independence.
He resigned as President in 1987 and was replaced by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, who became the country's executive president.
Banana was banned as a homosexual in 1997 and was found guilty of 11 counts of sodomy and "unnatural conduct" during a lengthy prison term. Banana was born in Essexvale (today Esigodini), a village in Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia, to an Ndebele mother and a Mosotho father.
He was educated at a mission school before enrolling at Epworth Theological College in Salisbury (today Harare).
He served as a Methodist minister and a school administrator between 1963 and 1966, ordained in 1962.
Personal life
In 1961, Banana married Janet Mbuyazwe.
Early life and career
Banana was born near Essexvale (now Esigodini), Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia, on March 5, 1936. His mother was an Ndebele and his father was an ethnic Basotho who had immigrated from Lesotho. Before finishing his secondary education at Plumtree, he attended the local Mzinyati mission school. He later worked at a teacher training center before receiving a diploma in theology at Epworth Theological College in Salisbury (today Harare). In 1962, he was ordained a United Methodist minister. He served as a minister, visiting chaplain, and school administrator in Wankie (today Hwange) and Plumtree between 1962 and 1966. He was elected Chairman of the Bulawayo Council of Churches in 1969, an office he occupied until 1971. He chaired the Southern Africa Content Group, which was part of the All Africa Conference of Churches' urban-industrial ministry from 1970 to 1973. He served in that capacity in southern African churches as they responded to urbanization and industrialisation, both historically and practically. During this period, he served on the World Council of Churches' Advisory Committee.