Walter Kamba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Kamba

Zimbabwean academic and lawyer

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1931

Place of Birth: Southern Rhodesia

Date of Death: 18-May-2007

Profession: lawyer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Walter Kamba (6 September 1931 – 18 May 2007) was a Zimbabwean lawyer and academic, one of the few black lawyers practicing in the then British colony of Rhodesia.
He fled following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Prime Minister Ian Smith.
He joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Dundee, Scotland, where he taught Jurisprudence and Comparative Law.
He also served for some years as Dean of the Faculty.
He was awarded an honorary degree by the University in 1982.He served as a legal advisor to the ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU delegations at the Lancaster House Conference.
After independence, he served as principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe from 1981 to 1992.
Under his tenure, the University expanded its overall size, its intake of black Zimbabweans and the range of academic disciplines offered.
He resigned in a controversial speech at the 1992 graduation, citing government interference and threats to academic freedom.