Emmerson Mnangagwa

=== Education and early political activity: 1955–1962 ===
Mnangagwa, who had begun his primary education at Lundi Primary School in Shabani, resumed his studies at Myooye School in Mumbwa.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|url=http://www.edmnangagwa.com/education/|title=Education|date=2017-11-16|work=E.D.Mnangagwa|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710102102/http://www.edmnangagwa.com/education/|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of his classmates at Myooye had three names, while Mnangagwa only had one, Dambudzo.<ref name=":16" /> After finding a book in the school library by the [[United States|American]] philosopher and poet [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], he decided to adopt the name "Emmerson" before his given name.<ref name=":16" /> After a short period at Myooye, Mnangagwa completed standards 4, 5, and 6 at Mumbwa Boarding School.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /> From 1958 to 1959, he attended Kafue Trade School in [[Kafue]], where he took a building course.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" />

Although his course at Kafue was supposed to last three years, in 1959 Mnangagwa decided to leave early and attend [[David Kaunda Technical High School|Hodgson Technical College]], one of the country's leading educational institutions.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> The college accepted only applicants with [[GCE Ordinary Level|Ordinary Levels]], which he lacked, so he took the entrance exam, and was admitted upon receiving a high score.<ref name=":13" /> At Hodgson, he enrolled in a four-year [[City and Guilds]] Industrial Building programme.<ref name=":13" /> He became involved in student anti-colonial politics, becoming an elected officer of the college's [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) branch.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":15" /> His activism sometimes turned violent, and in 1960 he was found guilty of setting one of the college's buildings on fire and expelled.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> After his expulsion, he started a construction company with three other men that lasted three months.<ref name=":13" /> He was tasked by UNIP leaders to organise and expand the party's presence in [[Chililabombwe|Bancroft]], a town in [[Copperbelt Province]], until the end of 1961.<ref name=":13" /> He then returned to [[Lusaka]], where he served as secretary of the UNIP Youth League while also working for a private company.<ref name=":13" />