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our editors for review. adapted flag design Later, Northern
Rhodesia began its advance toward independence under the
leadership of the United National Independence Party (UNIP). The
green field of its flag, symbolizing agriculture, bore the
letter “U” for ubuntungwa (“freedom”) in red, a colour
indicating readiness to shed blood for that goal. The yellow
border referred to the copper industry on which... leadership of
Kaunda Kaunda was released from prison by the colonial
government on Jan. 8, 1960. At the end of that month he was
elected president of the United National Independence Party
(UNIP), which had been formed in October 1959 by Mainza Chona, a
militant nationalist who was disenchanted with the older ANC.
The UNIP enjoyed a spectacular growth, claiming 300,000 members
by June 1960. In December 1960 the... political lif