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| | Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | RHODESIA AND NYASALAND, FEDERATION OF [Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of] SE Africa, 1953-63, composed of the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. |
 | | Under an appointed governor-general, the federal government handled external affairs, defense, currency, intercolonial relations, and federal taxes for its constituent members, which, however, retained most of their former legislative structure. |
 | | The Africans, fearing continued domination by the whites, demonstrated (1960-61) against the federation, and in 1962 there was a strong movement for its dissolution, particularly from the new African-dominated regime of Northern Rhodesia. |
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