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| e. Southern Africa |
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| 1. North of the Limpopo |
| 1945–60 |
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| 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 |
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| 1947 |
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| African trade unions were first formed in Northern Rhodesia. | 2 |
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| 1948 |
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| 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 |
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| 1950 |
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| Out of a population of about 5 million, only 4,353 assimilados lived in Mozambique. | 5 |
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| 1950–56 |
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| Successful organization by Copperbelt miners in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) led to a wave of strikes in 1956. | 6 |
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| 1951 |
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| Six white members of the Southwest Africa House of Assembly took seats in the South African Parliament. | 7 |
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| 1953 |
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| 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 |
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| 1954 |
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| Rhodesian University College was founded. | 9 |
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| 1955 |
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| Africans were admitted to the legislative council in Nyasaland. | 10 |
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| 1956 |
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| 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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