I'm not sure, but you may have this backward, Rhodesia which was a British colony became Zimbabwe in 1980. I'm not sure, but you may have this backward, Rhodesia which was a British colony became Zimbabwe in 1980.
Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colony that was known as Rhodesia in 1965 after its Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Since 1980 it has been called Zimbabwe.
The British colony known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland included Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia and Nyasaland became Malawi after dissolution on December 31, 1963. Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in 1965 and then became Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 and finally became Zimbabwe in 1980.
Rhodesia was a British colony named after Cecil Rhodes.
Zambia was formerly known as Northern Rhodesia, as a British colony.
Rhodesia is no longer a country, but the capital WAS Salisbury.
Cecil Rhodes named Rhodesia after himself.
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Zambia was Northern Rhodesia, a British colony.
Lancaster Agreement officially turning Rhodesia-Zimbabwe to a british colony.
Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia.It was previously a British colony known as Northern Rhodesia.
Rhodesia was a British colony until the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1964. The country again reverted to colonial status as part of a ceasefire agreement from 1979 until Robert Mugabe was brought into power in the 1980 elections, at which point, it transitioned into the Republic of Zimbabwe.