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| e. Southern Africa |
| | (See 1935–39)| | | 1. North of the Limpopo |
| 1945–60 |
| | | 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 |
| | | 1950–56 |
| | | 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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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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