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	Canaan Banana - Biocrawler
		Banana became a diplomat for the Organisation of African Unity and head of the religious department at the University of Zimbabwe.
		Banana was found guilty of eleven charges of sodomy, attempted sodomy and indecent assault in 1998.
		Banana was sentenced on January 18, 1999 to ten years in jail, nine years suspended and he was also defrocked.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Canaan_Banana (336 words)

	Canaan Banana - Telegraph
		Canaan Banana, the colourfully-named former president of Zimbabwe who died on Monday aged 67, became his country's first fl head of state in 1980 following the bloody and prolonged war of independence that toppled Ian Smith's white-only regime; but his career ended in disgrace 18 years later when he was convicted and jailed for sodomy.
		Banana might have expected to spend the rest of his days as his country's respected elder statesman, but his retirement was rudely interrupted by a sexual scandal which led to his trial on charges of sodomy.
		Banana had some difficulty investing the office of president with the required aura of reverence and in 1982 a law was passed in Zimbabwe forbidding jokes about the president's name, though it continued to invite cheap jibes, illustrated later in such headlines as "Man raped by Banana" and "Mugabe Slips on Banana".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/12/db1201.xml (1376 words)

	The Rev Canaan Banana \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Banana, who like Nkomo was from the country's Ndebele minority, was chosen so the new government would be seen to have an ethnic balance; his appointment offset that of Mugabe, who, as head of government, represented the Shona majority.
		Banana carried out the largely figurehead duties of president from 1980 until 1987, though at the end of his term he helped bring a halt to the ethnic violence that had wracked Matabeleland.
		Banana is survived by his wife Janet, whom he married in 1961, and their three sons and a daughter.
	www.guardian.co.uk /zimbabwe/article/0,2763,1083020,00.html (776 words)

	Canaan Banana, president jailed in sex scandal, dies \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Banana, 67, a former Methodist minister, was found guilty in 1999 of 11 counts of sodomy and abusing his power to sexually assault and carry out "unnatural acts" with men, most of whom were on his presidential staff.
		Banana insisted that he was not a homosexual and said the accusations against him were part of a "malicious vendetta".
		Banana's trial and conviction damaged the statesman-like image of a man credited with brokering the Unity Accord of 1987 which brought an end to the country's Matabeleland massacres in which Mr Mugabe's elite army unit is blamed by human rights groups for killing as many as 20,000 civilians.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1082492,00.html (437 words)

	Anecdotage.Com - Thousands of true funny stories about famous people. Anecdotes from Gates to Yeats
		"Canaan Banana was Zimbabwe's first fl president, serving as head of state for seven years after independence in 1980...
		He told the court that while he was in Mr Banana's service in the mid-1980s, the president had repeatedly raped him.
		Banana, Canaan Sodindo (1936-2003) Zimbabwean clergyman and politician, president of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=17402 (366 words)

	GFN - Story Archive
		Rev Banana recently described the practice as deviant, abominable and wrong according to the scriptures and according to Zimbabwean culture.
		Banana has categorically denied participating in any homosexual activities, even though he was convicted of 11 counts of sodomy and indecent assault.
		Banana's homosexuality had been rumoured in Zimbabwe for a long time, but it took the shooting to death of a police officer-after he had we expect better of you.
	www.gfn.com /storyArticle.cfm?storyRecordID=1669 (421 words)

	IOL: Canaan Banana dies
		Banana insisted throughout the sodomy case that he was not a homosexual and said the accusations against him were "pathological lies" and part of a "malicious vendetta".
		Banana's trial and conviction damaged the statesman-like image of a man credited with brokering the unity in 1987 of Zimbabwe's two main political parties, bringing to an end an army crackdown on Mugabe's opponents which rights groups say left 20 000 civilians dead.
		Banana was touted as a possible broker in 2002 peace talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change which fell apart when MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a court appeal against Mugabe's controversial victory in March 2002 presidential elections.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1068513301780B251 (603 words)

	MS Zimbabwe - Canaan Banana død
		Canaan Banana tiltrådte præsidentposten i 1980, hvor den nye uafhængige nation Zimbabwe for første gang fik en sort ledelse.
		Canaan Banana siges at have været en af arkitekterne bag den historiske forening af de to partier.
		I slutningen af 1990’erne blev Canaan Banana anklaget for at have misbrugt en række mandlige ansatte sexuelt.
	www.ms.dk /sw12534.asp (439 words)

	Canaan: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War...by Michael Fellman Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War...committed and daring activists.
		The Reverend Canaan Banana, prominent methodist scholar, father of four and erstwhile president of Zimbabwe is standing trial for 11 counts of sodomy...
		Former Zimbabwe president Canaan Banana was convicted of sodomy and homosexual assault yesterday but was not in the Harare court to hear the verdict - he had fled...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/canaan.jsp?l=C&p=1 (1679 words)

	Canaan Banana Information
		Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March, 1936 – 10 November, 2003), a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, was the country's first President.
		He held the largely ceremonial office from 18 April 1980 to 31 December 1987, during which time his eventual successor Robert Mugabe served as prime minister and was the dominant figure in the Zimbabwean government.
		Banana played a big role in bringing the two major groups of independence fighters ZANU and ZAPU together to form Zanu-PF.
	www.bookrags.com /Canaan_Banana (397 words)

	GMax - News: Zimbabwe's first black president Canaan Banana dies
		HARARE — Zimbabwe's first fl president, Canaan Banana, died Monday, his former close ally President Robert Mugabe announced in a statement broadcast on state television.
		Years before, Banana played a key role in the fight against white rule in what was then Rhodesia.
		Banana's estranged wife Janet sought asylum in Britain in 2000.
	www.gmax.co.za /look/11/11-canaanbanana.html (355 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Canaan Banana of Zimbabwe dead
		Canaan Banana fled shortly before his trial began but later returned
		Canaan Banana held office at a time when the presidency was a largely ceremonial post.
		Correspondents say Banana's trial for sodomy damaged a reputation earned as the man who brokered the unity deal that ended the Zanu-PF/Zapu schism in 1987.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3258969.stm (431 words)

	SADOCC - News - Canaan Banana died
		The first President of Zimbabwe, Reverend Canaan Sodindo Banana, has died after a long illness aged 67.
		He denied the allegations, which he said were politically motivated, but he was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years jail, nine of which were suspended.
		Banana, also a former professor of theology and diplomat, was touted as a possible broker in 2002 peace talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change which fell apart when MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a court appeal against Mugabe's controversial victory in March 2002 presidential elections.
	www.sadocc.at /news/2003-347.shtml (208 words)

	News & Politics
		Canaan Sodindo Banana, a former president of Zimbabwe who was jailed on gay sex abuse charges, died on Monday at the age of 67.
		Banana was the first fl president of the country.
		Banana and his wife denied the charges, saying they were politically motivated.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?2003/11/11/4 (174 words)

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	www.mathforum.org /kb/plaintext.jspa?messageID=4868583 (1056 words)

	Canaan Banana (1936 - 2003) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Canaan Banana (1936 - 2003) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Banana served as the Vice-President of The African National Council (ANC) in Rhodesia, and then as the President of Zimbabwe from April 18, 1980, to December 31, 1987.
		Also a minister he was convicted of sodomy in 1998 but fled to South Africa where he died in November 2003 at the age of 67.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8076610 (64 words)

	CULTURE-ZIMBABWE: "Dogs and Pigs" No More?
		Ironically, the impetus for such transformation was the sensational sodomy trial of Zimbabwe's first post-independence president, Canaan Banana, in 1998.
		Banana was subsequently convicted of sodomy and jailed for a year.
		Goddard says that although Banana's trial was more about abuse than the pursuit of sexual freedom, "it went a long way to convince people that being gay is not a white-imported thing."
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2004/IP040511.html (1072 words)

	AfricaFiles \| Canaan Banana dies
		Canaan Banana denied all the allegations but was found guilty of 11 counts of sodomy, attempted sodomy and indecent assault against bodyguards, gardeners and cooks employed at state house.
		What became clear in the trial was not so much Banana's homosexuality, but his absolute abuse of a position of power which was used in a threatening and intimidating manner.
		Banana's estranged wife Janet sought asylum in Britain in 2000.
	www.africafiles.org /article.asp?ID=3361 (602 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news No hero status for ex-Zim head Banana (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Banana was a stalwart of the liberation struggle against colonial rule, but he spent two years in prison for sodomy, and the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) party decided he would not be buried at the country's national heroes' shrine in the capital alongside more than 50 veteran politicians.
		Banana was appointed ceremonial president in 1980 when Zimbabwe attained independence from Britain and held the position until 1987, when the constitution was amended to allow the then prime minister, Robert Mugabe, to become executive president.
		Banana's wife, who is also in Britain where reports say she has sought asylum, did not come to Zimbabwe for her late husband's funeral.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/286461.htm (383 words)

	Blog of Death: Canaan Banana
		Canaan Sodindo Banana, the first fl president of Zimbabwe, died from cancer.
		Banana joined the fight to oust the country's white-only regime, and in 1975, was imprisoned for his political activities.
		Upon retiring from public office, Banana became a diplomat for the Organization of African Unity and the head of the religious department at the University of Zimbabwe.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000497.html (287 words)

	CNN - Ex-Zimbabwe president on trial for sodomy - September 22, 1997
		Banana served as a largely ceremonial president for seven years up to 1987.
		Banana, a 62-year-old clergyman and international peace negotiator, faced a barrage of photographers and a handful of hostile demonstrators at Harare's colonial-style high court.
		Banana was accompanied to court on Monday by his wife, Janet and other family members.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9709/22/zimbabwe.banana (366 words)

	CNN - Ex-Zimbabwe president on trial for sodomy - September 22, 1997
		Banana served as a largely ceremonial president for seven years up to 1987.
		Banana, a 62-year-old clergyman and international peace negotiator, faced a barrage of photographers and a handful of hostile demonstrators at Harare's colonial-style high court.
		Banana was accompanied to court on Monday by his wife, Janet and other family members.
	edition.cnn.com /WORLD/9709/22/zimbabwe.banana (366 words)

	CNN.com - Zimbabwe's Banana dead at 67 - Nov. 11, 2003
		Banana's trial and conviction damaged the statesman-like image of a man credited with brokering the unity in 1987 of Zimbabwe's two main political parties, bringing to an end an army crackdown on Mugabe's opponents which rights groups say left 20,000 civilians dead.
		Banana was released in 2001 after serving eight months of a one-year sentence, getting time off for good behaviour.
		Banana was touted as a possible broker in 2002 peace talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change which fell apart when MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a court appeal against Mugabe's controversial victory in March 2002 presidential elections.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/11/10/zimbabwe.banana.reut (442 words)

	CNN.com - Zimbabwe's Banana dead at 67 - Nov. 11, 2003
		Banana's trial and conviction damaged the statesman-like image of a man credited with brokering the unity in 1987 of Zimbabwe's two main political parties, bringing to an end an army crackdown on Mugabe's opponents which rights groups say left 20,000 civilians dead.
		Banana was released in 2001 after serving eight months of a one-year sentence, getting time off for good behaviour.
		Banana was touted as a possible broker in 2002 peace talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change which fell apart when MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a court appeal against Mugabe's controversial victory in March 2002 presidential elections.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/11/10/zimbabwe.banana.reut (441 words)

	'A proud maker of our nation': Africa: News: News24
		Mugabe, who served under Banana as prime minister and then took over from him in 1987, said his predecessor had undergone treatment in hospitals in South Africa.
		Years before, Banana played a key role in the fight against white rule in what was then Rhodesia.
		Banana's estranged wife Janet sought asylum in Britain in 2000.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1443765,00.html (360 words)

	The Insider - Lorac: was First Lady involved?
		By calling for a commission of inquiry, rather than leaving the investigation to law enforcement agencies the taxpayer will be expecting a balanced finding which does not cover up for anyone, especially those in power who might use their office to thwart full investigations.
		Banana even complains that some of the evidence he gave was left out.
		It would appear, like in the Sandura case where Nyagumbo could have been sacrificed after his death, Banana was probably being sacrificed because he is no longer in power and has been made so comfortable that he is expected to be eternally grateful for this that he will shut up rather than squeal.
	www.insiderzim.com /aug92lead.html (2240 words)

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