Rhodesia

This article is about the former British colony of (Southern) Rhodesia , today Zimbabwe. See Rhodesia (disambiguation).

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Zimbabwe - Rhodesia (disambiguation)

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Rhodesia is the former name of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia in southern Africa, which was governed by a white minority until 1979. The colony was named after Cecil Rhodes, whose British South Africa Company acquired the land by force in the nineteenth century. The colony gained legal independence from Britain in 1980 and became the Republic of Zimbabwe. At an earlier period, the name "Rhodesia" was used to refer to a larger region that corresponds to both Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia).

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British - Colony - Southern Rhodesia - Africa - White minority - Cecil Rhodes - British South Africa Company - 1980 - Zimbabwe - Zambia - Northern Rhodesia

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