Zororo Makamba
As the son of Zimbabwean businessman and politician Dr. Jones Makamba, Zororo was raised as a scion of one of the wealthiest families in his country. He earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from Michigan State University in 2012 and went on to pursue his masters in producing from the New York Film Academy. Makamba became an eloquent patriot, appearing on and hosting several programs discussing climate change and other political and social issues. He was born on January 17, 1990 in Zimbabwe and became the first casualty in his southern African nation, where he died from coronavirus on March 23, in Harare, Zimbabwe. At the time of his death he was 30 years old.