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Rhodesia (/ r oʊ ˈ d iː ʒ ə / ⓘ roh-DEE-zhə, / r oʊ ˈ d iː ʃ ə / roh-DEE-shə; [2] Shona: Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, [3] [4] was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979.
Rhodesia, region, south-central Africa, now divided into Zimbabwe in the south and Zambia in the north. Named after British colonial administrator Cecil Rhodes, it was administered by the British South Africa Company in the 19th century and exploited mostly for its gold, copper, and coal deposits.
Rhodesia (/ r oʊ ˈ d iː ʒ ə /) atau nama rasminya Republik Rhodesia merupakan sebuah negara tidak diiktiraf yang dibentuk dari tahun 1970 hingga 1979 dan ia terletak di selatan Afrika ketika Perang Dingin.
The usage of the term Rhodesia to refer to the historical region fell from prominence after Northern Rhodesia became Zambia in 1964. From then until 1980, "Rhodesia" commonly referred to Southern Rhodesia alone. Since 1980 the term has not been in general use, aside from in a historical context.
The history of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979 covers Rhodesia's time as a state unrecognised by the international community following the predominantly white minority government's Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965.
Rhodesia, officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. During this fourteen-year period, Rhode...
View of Rhodesia from a window of the Leopard Rock Hotel, Vumba, near Umtali. “No territory annexed to the British Empire in the last hundred years has come with a more honourable record than Rhodesia”
Oct 20, 2018 · Before there was Zimbabwe, there was Rhodesia, a British colony founded by the great capital imperialist Cecil John Rhodes, and administered by the British South Africa Company. Rhodesia was the last British territory in Africa, and the most difficult to divest.
Oct 28, 2024 · Despite the fact that Southern Rhodesia had a population that was 96 percent Black and the fact that independence movements had already shown their intent to take up arms and fight, in November 1965, Ian Smith and the Rhodesian government signed the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). At the time, the white population was just 230,000 ...
Thus, in a pallid parody of the American Declaration of Independence, the white-supremacist regime of Rhodesia’s Ian Smith finally made good its threats of two years, broke its ties with ...
