STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN FEDERATION

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Creator

American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

March 9, 1959

Type of Item

Report

Length/duration

3 pages

Description

During recent days the attention of the world has been attracted to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. A state of emergency has been proclaimed in Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. The Nyasaland African Congress and the African National Congress in Southern Rhodesia have been proscribed. Dr. Hastings K. Banda, the President, have been exiled to a point in Southern Rhodesia. These developments are the beginning of the fulfillment of a prophecy made by many people when the Central African Federation was created in 1953 against the wishes of most of the Africans, particularly in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In order to have gained the confidence of the Africans in the Federation, a...

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Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

Peter Weiss papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections