VII. The Contemporary Period, 19452000> I. Africa, 19412000> 2. Regions> e. Southern Africa | ||||
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e. Southern Africa | |
1. North of the Limpopo | |
194560 | |
Economic development led to large-scale urbanization and wage labor in Zambia and Rhodesia, leading to the development of a stable urban population of workers and families, accompanied by the rise of bureaucratic and professional elites. | 1 |
1947 | |
African trade unions were first formed in Northern Rhodesia. | 2 |
1948 | |
Seretse Khama married Ruth Williams in London, but the Ngwato people refused to accept him as their chief because of his marriage to an Englishwoman. | 3 |
Constitutional reforms in Northern Rhodesia extended appointments on the legislative council to five years. | 4 |
1950 | |
Out of a population of about 5 million, only 4,353 assimilados lived in Mozambique. | 5 |
195056 | |
Successful organization by Copperbelt miners in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) led to a wave of strikes in 1956. | 6 |
1951 | |
Six white members of the Southwest Africa House of Assembly took seats in the South African Parliament. | 7 |
1953 | |
Increased political activity in opposition to the proposed federation of Central Africa between Nyasaland and the two Rhodesias. Rev. Michael Scott preached nonviolent opposition to the federation. | 8 |
1954 | |
Rhodesian University College was founded. | 9 |
1955 | |
Africans were admitted to the legislative council in Nyasaland. | 10 |
1956 | |
A state of emergency was declared in Northern Rhodesia, following miners' strikes. | 11 |
Pres. Craveiro Lopes of Portugal visited Mozambique. Its administrative districts were reorganized. | 12 |
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