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