ColonisationThe 1950s

Colonisation in the 1950s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged colonisation — the establishment, administration and ending of colonial rule, narrowed to the 1950s — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 1953. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1953
Latest
1953

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Malawi

    Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland created

    Britain bound Nyasaland into a settler-dominated federation with Southern and Northern Rhodesia, provoking deep and sustained African opposition across Nyasaland.

    Era: Federation, Banda and independence

    Sources: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Formation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland · EBSCO Research Starters

  2. Africa

    Zambia

    Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

    Britain joined Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland into a federation dominated by white settlers, provoking widespread African opposition and galvanising nationalist politics.

    Era: Federation, nationalism and independence

    Sources: Formation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland · EBSCO Research Starters, Northern Rhodesia · Wikipedia