Kenneth Kaunda, leader of UNIP at left,(soon to be President Kaunda), at RTV, Kitwe, just prior to independence. Under his leadership Zambia followed the usual African path of political repression and economic ruin in spite of considerable mineral resources and no white owned land problem.
Seated second from left is Harry Nkumbula, leader of the ANC, Kaunda's opposition. News from Zambia is that it appears to be making a modest economic recovery, unlike its neighbour Zimbabwe to the south