Zimani Kadzamira
Zimani David Kadzamira (born 1 July 1941) is a Malawian academic, civil servant and diplomat. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malawi until 2009.
He was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). He attended primary school there, then moved to Nyasaland (now Malawi) for secondary school. He studied in the United States, earning a BA in political science from Princeton University in 1966 and a PhD in government from the University of Manchester in 1974.
Kadzamira began his long association with the University of Malawi in 1966 as an assistant lecturer, eventually becoming a full professor and administrator. He served as Vice-Chancellor until 30 November 2009, when Emmanuel Fabiano was appointed.
Internationally, he served on the Zone VII committee of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (1987–1992) and at the WorldFish Center (1990–1995). He was Malawi’s first ambassador to Japan from 1992 to 1994. In February 2007, he became chairman of the UbuntuNet Alliance, which promotes high-speed internet for Africa’s research and education networks.
His sister Cecilia Kadzamira was the official hostess to President Hastings Banda, and another sister, Mary Kadzamira, served as Banda’s private secretary until her death in 2019.
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