Sport
Landmark
Henry Olonga
born 1976
Zimbabwe's first Black cricketer, and the black armband protest
Landmark is level 2 of 5 in the Zimbabwe Hall of Fame: a first, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
Zimbabwe's first Black Test cricketer, and the man who wore a black armband at the 2003 World Cup to mourn what he called the death of democracy in his country. He never played for Zimbabwe again.
Henry Khaaba Olonga was born in Lusaka and made his Test debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan at Harare in 1995, aged 18 years and 212 days — the youngest player ever to represent the country, and its first Black cricketer.
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