This article reports on results of a sociolinguistic investigation on factors that contributed to the death of Chilapalapa language, a former pidgin of Southern Africa. The investigation which was limited to three research areas (Kabwe, Lusaka and Mumbwa districts), revealed that four factors led to the extinction of this language. The main factor was the negative attachment tied to Chilapalapa language. This language was considered by newly independent states as a language of brutality as it was the language used by colonial masters to brutalise and oppress Africans. The other reason that led to the death of Chilapalapa was its lack of literary heritage and its non of adoption by Missionaries as medium of preaching and instruction in schools. The findings also revealed that no single book was written in Chilapalapa that time. Its absence in official domains and lack of cultural attachment to the language are other factors that facilitated its death. The results generally showed that Chilapalapa became obsolescent immediately after African countries became independent. However, some young African teachers feel the independent African countries lost an opportunity to have an indigenous language to be used as an international official language side by side with English. Based on the findings, the article attempts to argue that newly independent states should have ignored the negative tag attached to the language and officially supported Chilapalapa so as to have an indigenous international official language.death