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Central African Federation

British  

noun

  1. another name for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The settler minority wanted the country to be part of a new amalgam, to be called the Central African Federation.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2021

Two investigations held in the British-run Central African Federation, which included Northern Rhodesia, were followed by an official UN inquiry, which concluded that foul play could not be ruled out.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2012

So many whites have migrated from the neighboring white-dominated Central African Federation, which was dissolved last New Year's Eve, that hundreds of such "refugees" are living in house trailers in South African cities.

From Time Magazine Archive

The three territories would form a 475,000square-mile Central African Federation which might one day become Britain's eighth Dominion.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Britain's Central African Federation, a combination of black Nyasaland and the two Rhodesias, he has recently been increasingly at odds with tough-minded Sir Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of the federation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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