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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

Banda's immediate goal: to get Nyasaland out of the Central African Federation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

If so, it would probably be the death blow for the entire Central African Federation, the wobbly three-state union formed in 1953 against the will of the African population.

From Time Magazine Archive

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