The Complete History of Rhodesia #3

A year in the making, welcome back to Episode Three of The Complete History of Rhodesia!

Most of you will be new to this subject. I’ve left a glossary and a cast of characters down below to help out a little bit with terms or people that may be unfamiliar.

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Cast

Arthur Creech-Jones – British Secretary of State for the Colonies 1946-1950.

Charles Coghlan – Much loved early Rhodesian and later first Prime Minister.

Edgar Whitehead – Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1958-1962

Garfield Todd – Extremely liberal Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1953-1958. Ousted by his own party, went on to work with the African Nationalist terrorists.

Godfrey Huggins – Longest consecutively serving Prime Minister in British Imperial History (unless Walpole is included). Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia 1933-1953. Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953-1956.

Harold MacMillan – British Prime Minister 1957-1963, arch-decoloniser, dismantled the Federation and betrayed the Rhodesians.

Hastings Banda – Leading African Nationalist in Nyasaland (Malawi), went on to become Prime Minister then President of Zambia from 1966-1994.

Howard Moffat – Second Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1927-1933.

Ian Smith – Rhodesia’s most famous son. WW2 hero and later Prime Minister of Rhodesia, the only White post-UDI PM.

Jan Smuts – South African Prime Minister 1919-1924 and 1939-1948, led the charge to have Rhodesia incorporated into South Africa.

Kenneth Kaunda – Leading African Nationalist in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), went on to become President of Zambia from 1964-1991.

Roy Welensky – The Driving force behind the creation and continuation of the Federation, second Prime Minister of the Federation. Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1956-1963.

Glossary

Amalgamation – The dream of uniting the two Rhodesias directly into one unitary state.

Afrikaners/Boers – The descendants of Dutch settlers in Southern Africa.

Bulawayo – Rhodesia’s second city.

Cape – Cape Colony, largest British colony in Southern Africa.

Federation – The Federation of Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Lusaka – Capital of Northern Rhodesia.

Mashona – The largest native group in Rhodesia, based in the north-east .

Matabele – Former rulers of Rhodesia, the second largest native group in the country.

Salisbury – Capital of Southern Rhodesia.

Maps

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