What is Independence?
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.
The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory.
How Did Zambia Gain Independence
The history of Zambia experienced many stages from colonization to independence from Britain on October 24, 1964. Northern Rhodesia became a British sphere of influence in the present-day region of Zambia in 1888 and was officially proclaimed a British protectorate in 1924.
After many years of suggested mergers, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland were merged into the British Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
By 1960, British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, declared that the age of colonial rule in Africa was ending. Finally, in December 1963, the federation was dissolved, and the Republic of Zambia was formed out of Northern Rhodesia on October 24, 1964.
Which tribe first settled in Zambia?
Among them, the Tonga people (also called Batonga) were the first to settle in Zambia and are believed to have come from the far East near the “big sea.
” The Nkoya people had also come much earlier with some suggesting that they came first into what is today called Zambia from the Luba-Lunda kingdoms in the north.
Who is the hero of Zambia?
Kenneth David Kaunda