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    Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President...
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  • Lady of Zimbabwe. She was married to the country's first President, Canaan Banana, from 1961 until his death in 2003, and she served as the first First...
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  • first president of Zimbabwe Janet Banana (1938–2021), Zimbabwean socialite and wife of Canaan Banana Milton Banana, stage name of the Brazilian jazz drummer...
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  • footballer Lydia Canaan, Lebanese singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist Canaan Banana (1936–2003), first president of Zimbabwe Canaan (son of Ham)...
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    vested in the prime minister, Robert Mugabe. A Methodist minister, Canaan Banana, became the first president, serving until 1987. He resigned in 1987...
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    established diplomatic relations. The President of Zimbabwe at the time was Canaan Banana, and the President of the United States was Jimmy Carter. United States–Zimbabwe...
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    ceremonial role with no governmental power; the first President was Canaan Banana. Mugabe had previously offered the position to Nkomo, who had turned...
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    amended in 1987 and Mugabe became president of Zimbabwe, replacing Canaan Banana as the head of state while also remaining the head of government. The...
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  • introduced legislation banning homosexual acts. In 1997, a court found Canaan Banana, Mugabe's predecessor and the first President of Zimbabwe, guilty of...
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    court found Canaan Banana, Mugabe's predecessor and the first President of Zimbabwe, guilty of 11 counts of sodomy and indecent assault. Banana's trial proved...
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