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BANDA, Pierre
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BANDA, Pierre. (Malawi- ). Banda, as a freshman serving in his first year in the LORAS COLLEGE senate, became the organization's first African American president. In 1983 he avoided elimination in the primary election by one vote and then went on to win a three-way contest with 46 percent of the vote-seventy-seven votes higher than his closest challenger. The voter turnout was the highest in six years.