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Independence Negotiations in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia

Independence Negotiations in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article examines the processes of negotiations for autonomy from British rule in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It shows that developments in the Zambezia region, in particular African resistance to the Central African Federation, influenced the nature and pace of the negotiations. African nationalists conducted horizontal negotiations among themselves in addition to intense negotiations with colonial authorities divided between the Federation and London. In the end, the negotiations succeeded in transferring power to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) led by Kamuzu Banda and the United National Independence Party (UNIP) under Kenneth Kaunda.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Negotiation Brill

Independence Negotiations in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia

International Negotiation , Volume 10 (2): 235 – Jan 1, 2005

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1382-340X
eISSN
1571-8069
DOI
10.1163/1571806054741001
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article examines the processes of negotiations for autonomy from British rule in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It shows that developments in the Zambezia region, in particular African resistance to the Central African Federation, influenced the nature and pace of the negotiations. African nationalists conducted horizontal negotiations among themselves in addition to intense negotiations with colonial authorities divided between the Federation and London. In the end, the negotiations succeeded in transferring power to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) led by Kamuzu Banda and the United National Independence Party (UNIP) under Kenneth Kaunda.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

International NegotiationBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2005

Keywords: DECOLONIZATION; INDEPENDENCE; LANCASTER HOUSE NEGOTIATIONS; NYASALAND; NORTHERN RHODESIA

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