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**Wilstar Choongo** (1964 - 1999) was a
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[librarian](List_of_Libertarian_Socialists "wikilink") and
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[anarchist](Anarchism "wikilink") who organised the [Anarchist &
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Workers' Solidarity
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Movement](Anarchist_&_Workers'_Solidarity_Movement_\(Zambia\) "wikilink")
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(AWSM) of [Zambia](Zambia "wikilink"). Born to peasant farmers in rural
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Zambia, he joined worked as a university librarian in Lusaka, the
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largest city in Zambia.
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He was a self-taught political organiser and managed to get a pay rise
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for university staff at the library he worked at in 1996, also
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establishing links with the Workers' Solidarity Federation (WSF) in
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South Africa. He also collected a lot of anarchist literature and
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described as "a friendly, shambling man with a ready grin.
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[I](Michael_Schmidt "wikilink") well recall sitting on the bed in his
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cramped apartment eating a meal of eggs, bread and oranges and engaging
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in fervent discussions on anarchist strategies."
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He often gave talks about anarchism, trade unionism and government
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corruption. But he died of malaria brought about by menigitis at age 35,
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leaving behind a wife and three young children.\[1\]
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Michael Schmidt](Michael_Schmidt "wikilink") - [Choongo,
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Wilstar 1964-1999](https://libcom.org/history/articles/1964-1999-wiltsar-choongo) |