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Central African Federation

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Central African Federation (1953–63) A short-lived African federation, comprising the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia (ZIMBABWE) and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia (ZAMBIA) and Nyasaland (MALAWI). In the 1920s and 1930s Europeans in both Rhodesias had pressed for union, but Britain had rejected the proposal because of its responsibilities towards Africans in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In 1953 the Conservative government in Britain allowed economic arguments to prevail and a federal constitution was devised by which the federal government handled external affairs, defence, currency, intercolonial relations, and federal taxes. Riots and demonstrations by African nationalists followed (1960–61) and in 1962 Britain accepted in principle Nyasaland's right to secede. A meeting of the four concerned governments at the Victoria Falls Conference agreed to dissolve the Federation.

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Central African Federation

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Central African Federation Founded in 1953, it united Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and Nyasaland (Malawi) in order to create a counterweight to the regionally dominant South Africa. The hopes of its main proponent, Welensky, to create in the long run a multiracial single entity, were not fulfilled as the federation remained dominated by the White minority of Southern Rhodesia. This fuelled the independence movements in Northern Rhodesia under Kaunda, and in Nyasaland under Banda. The federation fell apart when Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland gained autonomy in 1963 and then became independent in 1964.

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