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| f. Southern Africa |
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| 1. North of the Limpopo |
| 1915, Jan |
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| John Chilembwe, an American-trained pastor, led a brief uprising against colonial rule in Nyasaland (Malawi), sparked by forced conscription into World War I and by complaints of labor tenants. | 1 |
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| 1917–19 |
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| Widespread rebellion in Zambezi region of Mozambique, over wartime labor demands; not finally pacified in Barwe area until 1919. | 2 |
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| 1920–30 |
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| Growth of religious and cultural movements in Southern Rhodesian mining compounds, including Watchtower movement, called Kitawala, and Beni dance associations. Beni dance associations were a syncretic mix of African dance and European marching bands. | 3 |
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| 1923 |
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| White settlers in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) gained self-governing status. | 4 |
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| 1925, April |
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| White women in Southern Rhodesia granted suffrage. | 5 |
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| 1927 |
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| African workers called a strike in Southern Rhodesia. | 6 |
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| 1930 |
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| Land Apportionment Act in Southern Rhodesia reserved half of the land, and most of the good farming land, for whites, and confirmed the status of African reserves, while requiring African tenants to work for white landlords. | 7 |
| Makape “cleansing” cult emerged in Nyasaland. | 8 |
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| c. 1930 |
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| Welfare societies or self-help groups established amongst Africans in Northern Rhodesian mines. | 9 |
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| 1933 |
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| Tshekedi Khama, regent of Bamangwato, deposed by the British for exceeding his powers. Tshekedi subsequently reinstated. | 10 |
| Native authorities in Nyasaland instructed on model of indirect rule. | 11 |
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| 1935, May |
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| Strike by African mineworkers on Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), sparked by changes in poll tax administration which worked to the detriment of urban areas. | 12 |
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