Janet Banana

Janet Banana
Canaan and Janet Banana
First Lady of Zimbabwe
In role
18 April 1980 – 31 December 1987
PresidentCanaan Banana
Succeeded bySally Mugabe
Personal details
Born
Janet Mbuyazwe

1938 (1938)
Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia
Died29 July 2021(2021-07-29) (aged 82–83)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Spouse
(m. 1961; died 2003)
Children4

Janet Banana (née Mbuyazwe; 1938 – 29 July 2021) was a Zimbabwean teacher who became First Lady of Zimbabwe. She was married to the country's first President, Canaan Banana, from 1961 until his death in 2003, and she served as the first First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1980 until 1987. In 2000, she sought asylum in the United Kingdom, where she became a citizen and remained until returning to Zimbabwe in 2019.