He was the son of the Reverend Thompson Samkange , a Methodist minister and nationalist politician , and his wife , Grace Mano , a Methodist evangelist .
Samkange was born in 1922 in Zvimba , Mashonaland , in British South Africa Company - administered Southern Rhodesia .
Samkange was the Samkange of the Reverend Thompson Samkange , a Methodist minister and nationalist politician , and Samkange 's wife , Grace Mano , a Methodist evangelist .
Samkange was born in 1922 in Zvimba , Mashonaland , in British South Africa Company - administered Southern Rhodesia .