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- proper noun historical A former name of what is now
Zambia , from 1911 to 1964.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
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Examples
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Zambia (formerly known as Northern Rhodesia) had been independent from British colonial rule for just six years, and the excitement at the prospect of what amazing things lay ahead was palpable.
'Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa' 2009
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He has lead Zambia uninterrupted from 1964 when the territory then known as Northern Rhodesia won its independence from the former colonial master Britain.
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Zambia, known as Northern Rhodesia before independence under
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That agreement brought Northern Rhodesia and Barotseland together as one country at independence.
Western Zambian Province Said Calm after Secessionist Clashes 2011
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It is also about his lifelong friendship with Daniel J. Hill, a fellow soldier in Northern Rhodesia now Zambia and Vietnam, and his 11th-hour romance with his "soul mate" Susan Rescorla, whom he met just a few years before his death.
Sanitized 9/11 Heroics Heidi Waleson 2011
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Additionally, (Okafor, 1971), colonial administrators (not only in the then Northern Rhodesia but throughout Africa) generally preferred the uneducated Africans to the educated ones, who, they feared, tended to take educational planner today have their origin in events that occurred years and even decades before.
White collar Syndrome in education sector in Zambia « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Kelly 1991 admits that the above statement remains as true today as when Radford and his colleagues first wrote it in their report on the future development of the education system of what was then Northern Rhodesia.
White collar Syndrome in education sector in Zambia « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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UNESCO (1964) in its report on education in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) wrote: An education system is a result of decisions made and designs laid down by past and present governments (p.1).
White collar Syndrome in education sector in Zambia « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the United Kingdom in 1923.
Zambia 2009
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In her last major fieldwork project (1953 – 1954), Powdermaker continued to study mass communication, examining the interaction of media and social change among copper miners in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
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