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Title: Today in History | Central African Federation Collapses (1963)
Post by: Admin on Dec 31, 2010, 07:01 AM
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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)

The Central African Federation was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to 1963. Created by the British government to unite the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia with the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the federation ultimately crumbled when black African nationalists demanded a greater share of power than the dominant minority white population was willing to concede. What event marked the official collapse of the federation?

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