1923: Southern Rhodesia Became Crown Colony

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:July 12, 2022
Post category:General
Reading time:1 min read

On September 1st, 1923 Southern Rhodesia became a Crown Colony after refusing to join the Union of South Africa.

Rhodesia, officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe

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Tadese Faforiji

Tadese Faforiji is the founder of Tadexprof, a travel and nature site covering world's destinations worth visiting. He started the site covering local travel in Nigeria and has since expanded it into US national park guides, with plans to document more of the world firsthand going forward.