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| White settlement dates back to 1890, when Pioneer Column, of the British South Africa Company, came from South Africa in search of gold and land. Rhodesia was administered by the company until 1923, when it became the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia. |
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In 1953, Southern Rhodesia was united with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In 1963, after black governments were established in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Nyasaland (now Malawi), the federation was dissolved. In 1965 the colony's white minority unilaterally declared Rhodesia independent. |
The former British Colony of Southern Rhodesia (also known as Rhodesia) is now the independent nation of Zimbabwe, it is a landlocked country in southern Africa bordered by Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia. On Nov. 11, 1965 the colony's white minority unilaterally declared Rhodesia independent. |