- Kafundanga Chingunji
"Kafundanga" Chingunji (died in January 1974) served as the first
Chief of Staff in the government ofUNITA , pro-Western rebels, during theAngolan Civil War (1975-2002). As the patriarch of the Chingunji family he founded a political dynasty based inAngola 'sCentral Highlands .cite book|last=Brittain|first=Victoria|year=1998|title=Death of Dignity: Angola's Civil War|pages=17]Officially, Chingunji died from
cerebral malaria on Angola's border withZambia . His wife and others who saw his body say someone poisoned Chingunji. Rumors later allegedJonas Savimbi , the head of UNITA, ordered his assassination.References
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