Zambia Holds Funeral for President & Pays Respects

F2FA November 11, 2014

Michael Sata funeral

On Tuesday, Zambia held a state funeral for former Head of State Michael Sata, who died from an undisclosed illness at a U.K. hospital last month at the age of 77. Here, you can see photos and video of Zambians paying their last respects to King Cobra, with reports indicating that at Catholic Mass at the National Heroes Stadium, tens of thousands of mourners greeted his remains  with a “deafening wailing.”

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Watch Zambia prepare to lay Sata to rest here:

 

Last Edited by:Abena Agyeman-Fisher Updated: June 19, 2018

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