What is Canaan Banana?
{{Infobox President |name = Canaan Banana |nationality = |image = Canaan Banana.jpg |caption = Canaan Banana in 1986 |order = 1st |office = President of Zimbabwe |term_start = 18 April 1980 |term_end = 31 December 1987 |predecessor = [[Josiah Zion Gumede|Josiah Gumede]] <br><small>([[Zimbabwe Rhodesia]])</small> |successor = [[Robert Mugabe]] |primeminister = [[Robert Mugabe]] |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|03|05}} |birth_place = [[Esigodini|Essexvale]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]<br/><small></small> |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|11|10|1936|03|05}} |death_place = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Janet Banana|Janet Mbuyazwe]]|1961}} |children = 4 |party = [[ZANU]] |occupation = Minister; professor; politician |vicepresident = }} '''Canaan Sodindo Banana''' (5 March 1936{{spaced ndash}}10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean [[Methodism|Methodist]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], [[theologian]], and [[politician]]. He was the first [[President of Zimbabwe]] from 1980 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Canaan-Sodindo-Banana|title=Canaan Sodindo Banana {{!}} Zimbabwean theologian|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=18 July 2018|language=en}}</ref> On 10 November 2003, Banana died of [[cancer]],<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3258969.stm Canaan Banana of Zimbabwe dead]. ''BBC News''. 10 November 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-24.</ref> in [[London]] at the age of 67. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Banana, Canaan}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in London]] [[Category:Christian theologians]] [[Category:Presidents of Zimbabwe]] {{bio-stub}}