Zambia at 60

On the occasion of the Africa 2020 year, the ASCL created Infosheets about the countries that became independent in 1960. We continued this series with countries that became independent in subsequent years. Zambia had been a British crown colony from 1924 onwards, under the name of Northern Rhodesia. Northern Rhodesia became independent on 24 October 1964 as Zambia. Read about the country's history, demographic and social-economic developments, urbanisation, agricultural developments, and regional inequality over the past 60 years. 

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This is Infosheet 58, the final Infosheet of this series. Check out all the Infosheets in the series Africa at 60!

Author(s) / editor(s)

Ton Dietz and David Ehrhardt

About the author(s) / editor(s)

Ton Dietz is a former director of the African Studies Centre Leiden. He was co-chair of the Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA) until March 2021.

David Ehrhardt was co-chair of the Leiden African Studies Assembly, the current Leiden Africa Platform.

Posted on 24 October 2024, last modified on 24 October 2024