BNFA—March 27, 2012 Emancipation Day Statement

by Mukwae Wabei Siyolwe, Chairperson General

mwanawinaiii-kaundaOn March 27, 2012 Barotseland spoke in one voice for our collective survival. We as a traditional African nation accepted the abrogation of the Barotseland Agreement 1964 by the Zambian government and chose to walk hand-in-hand towards self-determination. The killing of Barotse activists on January 14, 2011 by Zambia forces under President Rupiah Banda was the tipping point that sparked the Barotse National Council of March 27, 2012. The BNC passed Resolutions ensuring justice for our people after fifty years of exhausting every legal avenue and putting pressure on successive, repressive Zambian regimes to honor the Barotseland Agreement 1964. Read more-html Read more-pdf
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