1911-1924 History of Southern Africa 1939-1964






History of the Northern Rhodesia Protectorate, 1924-1939



In 1924, The British Colonial Office took over the administration of Northern Rhodesia from the British South Africa Company. Sir HERBERT STANLEY was appointed the first British governor, with residence in Livingstone.
The Colonial Office promoted the immigration of white settlers, reserving stretches of farmland for them. Immigration was not satisfactory; the country's major industry was copper mining, picking up in the 1920es. The Great Depression resulted in sharply declining prices for copper (1931-1933), which affected Northern Rhodesia. Yet, copper production still increased. In 1935 Northern Rhodesia was the scene of a labour dispute, a strike in the Copper Belt. In the 1930es, a second axis, the GREAT EAST ROAD, had been constructed, connecting Nyasaland with the Great North Road; where these roads met lay the city of LUSAKA. In 1935, the colony's capital was moved there, from Livingstone.
The discussion of plans for the settlement in Northern Rhodesia of European Jews fleeing political repression were intensified in the aftermath of the so-called 'Kristallnacht', a massive anti-Jewish pogrom launched by Nazi organizations on November 9th 1938. Overall, an estimated 250 Jews found their way to the landlocked British protectorate.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from Infoplease : Zambia, History of
Links to Zambian history from Looksmart
Historical Notes on Northern Rhodesia, from Great North Road 'official' account from a 1936/37 Johannesburg Exhibition Catalogue
Commented Pictures from Nkana, N. Rhodesia, from the 1930es and 1940es, from Great North Road, photos made by Robert Retamal
The Copperbelt, from Zambia Tourism
DOCUMENTS Flag of Northern Rhodesia, from FOTW
Map of Zambia, from UPenn, African Studies
REFERENCE Frank Shapiro, Haven in Africa, Jerusalem : Gefen 2002 (on Jewish immigration into Northern Rhodesia) [G]
John J. Grotpeter, Historical Dictionary of Zambia, Metuchen : Scarecrow 1979 [G]
Article : Northern Rhodesia, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1924 pp.213-214, 1925 pp.217-219, 1926 pp.221-223, 1928 pp.219-221, 1929 pp.221-222, 1932 pp.224-226, 1937 pp.244-246 [G]
Article : Rhodesia, Northern, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.742, 1928 p.680, 1930 p.663, 1931 p.656, 1932 p.619, 1933 p.667, 1934 pp.510-511, 1935 pp.612-613, 1936 pp.632-633, 1937 p.615, 1938 p.599, 1939 p.672, 1940 pp.676-677 [G]



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