Northern Rhodesia
Britishnoun
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Smith was born in 1933 in Northern Rhodesia — now Zambia — and set many of his stories in Africa, where he grew up on a cattle ranch and hunted game.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
Born in January 1933 in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, he devoured tales from Rider Haggard and John Buchan as a child.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2021
His plane, the Albertina, came down in forest just outside the town of Ndola in present-day Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia, just after midnight on 18 September, as it approached the town’s airport.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2019
He was born in 1919, in the north of Northern Rhodesia, a prince of the Bemba warrior tribe; as a child, he received the distinctive scars to the cheekbones that denote royal status.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2017
Oliver and I had a private discussion with Kenneth Kaunda, the leader of the United National Independence Party of Northern Rhodesia and the future president of Zambia.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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