The Geopolitical Origins of the Central African Federation: Britain

1 Wood, J R T, The Welensky papers a history of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Durban, 1983)Google Scholar, with an introduction by Blake, Lord (from which the quotation is taken), Blake, R, A history of Rhodesia (London, 1977), pp 243 –69Google Scholar, Leys, C and Pratts, C (eds), A new deal in Central Africa …Web

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Problems

governing colony of Southern Rhodesia with the two protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally accomplished by federation in August 1953.1 A major argument advanced for this change was that it would pro-vide a superior framework for the eco-nomic development of British Central Africa. Federation, it was said, wouldWeb

Rhodesia: Rise of the Rebel State | SpringerLink

The consequences of these events for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and more specifically for Southern Rhodesia, are detailed in this chapter. Detailed consideration is also given by Ribeiro de Meneses and McNamara to the break-up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and the subsequent period of Southern …Web

'Kwacha!' Nyasaland in Southern Rhodesian Politics

Support for whites in Nyasaland or Northern Rhodesia was becoming an obsolete issue for their kith and kin in Southern Rhodesia. Majority rule in those territories became a fait accompli. Following Banda's victory in the 1961 election, the far–right newspaper The Citizen published a piece entitled "Nyasaland Deluge and Your Future".Web

Alcohol, Racial Segregation and Popular Politics in Northern Rhodesia

10 Minutes, Executive Committee Meeting, Northern Rhodesia Chamber of Mines, 21 Nov. 1946, RST 202.7, Roan Consolidated Mines (formerly Rhodesia Selection Trust ... In fact, Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland did resist liberalization for a number of years. Ashton, A. H., 'Liquor laws of central Africa', unpublished paper, 1960, Institute for ...Web

Ruling Minds: The Media and State Propaganda in British-Ruled Nyasaland

In the case of Nyasaland, there was also the establishment of a new political entity, called the Central African Federation (which brought together the three British territories of Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, and …Web

Full text of "Southern Rhodesia 1890-1950; A Record of Sixty …

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FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND

The Queen ia represented in the Federation by the Governor·General Emd in tbc territories by the govcrnors of territories. 'rhe ]'ederal Assembly consists cf 59 members, of whom 12 are Afrimms ami 3 Eue Europeans specially elected to represent Afriean intercsts. Southern Rhodesia ia represcnted by 29, Northern Rhodcsia by 19, Nyasa.Web

Federation, Factories, and Foreign Capital: Economic …

three countries were complementary: Southern Rhodesia boasted a healthy industrial base and infrastructure, Northern Rhodesia would contribute mineral wealth through its …Web

An Unequal Partnership: Nyasaland and the Central African …

Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia were British protectorates whilst Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colony (Somerville, 1963). The three constituents of the Federation had very different characteristics. Southern Rhodesia had a large, powerful, white settler population and was the most politically and economically developed of the ...Web

The Origins and Development of the Defense Forces of Northern …

This thesis examines Northern and Southern Rhodesia's history through the formation and development of their police and military units from the time Rhodesia was created in 1890 until the end of the Second World War. Southern Rhodesia, founded after a series of short and bloody frontier wars, was a self-governing British colony under a white …Web

History of Zambia | Events, People, Dates, Map, & Facts

Despite widespread popular protest, in which chiefs and Congress combined, Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were brought together in the Central African Federation in 1953. The federation was a curious and unstable compromise. Its government was based in Southern Rhodesia, which also dominated the federal …Web

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

It was announced on February 1, 1963, that the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland would be broken up. Nyasaland achieved independence, within the Commonwealth, as Malawi on July 6, 1964. Northern Rhodesia became independent as Zambia on October 24th that year. White settlers in Southern Rhodesia announced a …Web

Introduction | SpringerLink

This chapter considers the experiences of Nyasa migrants in the context of increased social and political tensions, and in relation to the rise of African nationalism in …Web

Nchezy-History

The Federation was also referred to as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and it came into existence in 1953. However, the Federation came to an end in 1963 due to strong African opposition. ... The Federation also created job opportunities for the people of Nyasaland who went to work in the copper mines of Northern and Southern Rhodesia.Web

Introduction | SpringerLink

For Africans in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, federation was an act of betrayal by the British. ... Already by 1912, an estimated 20,000 Nyasaland men were working in Southern Rhodesia—about 10,000 in the mines and the other half on farms and in urban areas where they were employed as domestic servants, clerks, and policemen. …Web

Settler Worldmaking: Reconfiguring the Federation of …

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (hereafter "the Federation"), came into exist-ence in 1953, the culmination of decades of sub-imperial expansionist lobbying by local white settlers.1 Linking Southern and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi), the body was dominated by the former territory and primarilyWeb

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, political unit created in 1953 and ended on Dec. 31, 1963, that embraced the British settler-dominated colony of Southern Rhodesia …Web

Federation, Factories, and Foreign Capital: Economic …

three countries were complementary: Southern Rhodesia boasted a healthy industrial base and infrastructure, Northern Rhodesia would contribute mineral wealth through its copper mines, and Nyasaland would act as a reservoir of African labor. More tellingly, the importance of Northern Rhodesia copper was in the foreign exchange that it earned.Web

The Rhodesias and Nyasaland

By F. M. G. Willson Professor of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland an end the Federation of Rhodesia On and an December end Nyasaland. …Web

Economic Potentialities of the Central African Federation

was that the three countries-Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland-were economically interdependent. The more important examples of this complementary position were given as: the supply of Southern Rhodesian coal from Wankie to the great Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia; the migration of labor from Nyasaland and Northern …Web

Settler Worldmaking: Reconfiguring the Federation of …

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (hereafter "the Federation"), came into existence in 1953, the culmination of decades of sub-imperial expansionist lobbying by local white settlers. 1 Linking Southern and …Web

Rhodesias & Nyasaland: From Colonial Rule to Majority Rule

Nyasaland became the Republic of Malawi shortly after the break up of the Federation, with Northern Rhodesia following relatively soon afterwards as the Republic of Zambia. …Web

Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi)

31 Dec - The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was officially dissolved. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. Southern Rhodesia became known as Rhodesia; 1964. 1 Jan - Mr. Evan Campbell, C.B.E., was appointed Rhodesian High Commissioner in London; 01 Jan - The Southern Rhodesian Government launched a …Web

Federation 1953-63 | The Sunday News

Federation 1953-63. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (also known as the Central African Federation, CAF) was a colonial combination or joining of three southern African territories – the …Web

Hastings Kamuzu Banda | Encyclopedia

The results of the journey, released in September of 1938, revealed that the black population in each of the territories–Nyasaland, Northern, and Southern Rhodesia–was violently against federation: the people expressed a preference for British protection over the humiliating prejudice rampant in Southern Rhodesia.Web

Southern Africa

The early years of the century also saw intensified recruiting of African labour from Northern Rhodesia, Mozambique, and Nyasaland for the hundreds of small mines working scattered gold deposits in Southern Rhodesia. Because mining profits were so low in Southern Rhodesia, wages, food, housing, and health conditions were cut back ruthlessly ...Web

The FEDERATION of RHODESIAand NYASALAND

railway service in 1924 and entered the Northern Rhodesia Legislative Coun cil in 1938. He formed the Northern Rhodesia Labor Party in 1941 and was Director of Manpower in …Web

Migrant Networks and Nationalist Politics—The Federation Years

In 1953 the Federation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland was officially declared, linking the three territories politically and economically Footnote 1 (Map 6.1).The move went against the wishes of the African majority, particularly in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia where there were fewer European settlers and …Web

FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND.

THE Federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland was brought into beingn o 1 Aug., 1953, when the Queen signed the Qrder-in- ... day iife of the African people, local government, industrial relations, mining and roads other than inter-territorial main roads. ... Northern Rhodesia Nyasaland . Federation . Area (English sq ...Web

Toward Federation in Central Africa | Foreign Affairs

THE goal of federation for Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, long sought by Europeans on the spot though opposed by many of the native leaders, took tangible form when the Conference on Closer Association of Central African Territories, held in London last May, reached agreement on a draft constitution.Web