Zambia gains independence from Britain

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

On 24 October, 1964 Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) gained independence from Britain. Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s first president, proclaimed one-party rule at independence. . Their independence came four years after the famous speech “The winds of change” by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The country’s independence came ten months after the collapse of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, with Northern Rhodesia becoming the Republic of Zambia.

How we know this

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03South African History Online, ‘Kenneth Kaunda becomes the Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 21 September 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Zambia gains independence from Britain. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012026

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