It was colonised from 1886 until 1960
Britain colonized zimbabwe.
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The British originally colonised what is now Zimbabwe
It was colonised from 1886 until 1960
Zimbabwe was colonized by the British in order to expand the British territories. The British colonies were designed to bring riches to the crown.
Cecil John Rhodes and the British colonized Rhodesia in 1890 until 1980.
No. Zimbabwe has been an independent country since 1965. From 1965-1979, it was independent as Rhodesia. That regime was overthrown in 1980 by Robert Mugabe, who has remained as the "President" and dictator of Zimbabwe to this day.
The modern day African countries that were colonized by the United Kingdom include The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia*, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt. *- Somalia was colonized by both Italy and the United Kingdom; the Italians took the part south of the Horn of Africa and the British the north/west.
Zimbabwe fell in 1998 when foreign currency was used to fund the Zimbabwe army fighting in the DRC war. War veterans were also paid a further $50 000 each as compensation for fighting in the liberation war in the 70's. Later on in the year 2000 war, veterans seized white-owned farms. This was done in an unproper manner with an effort to lure back voters for Zanu PF. The effects continue as we speak with inflation, cholera, AIDS, starvation, no water, no fuel, no food, no government. The fall of Zimbabwe 1998 to present.
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Zimbabwe was known as Southern Rhodesia before 1980.