He had kept up, since he finally left Africa ten years ago, a close contact with Adamson Mweta and the other leaders of the African independence movement.
1	He	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	_	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	9	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	finally	final	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	ten	ten	NUM	CARD-PL	NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	ago	ago	ADP	_	Case=Nom	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	17	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	close	close	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	contact	contact	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	_
19	Adamson	Adamson	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	Mweta	Mweta	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	19	flat	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	other	other	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	leaders	leader	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
27	African	african	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
28	independence	independence	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	movement	movement	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
