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Turning point · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
Harare — Zimbabwe
18 Apr 1980 — Robert Mugabe, guerrilla leader turned prime minister, raises the flag over the former Rhodesia after the Lancaster House settlement. The land question is deferred — a time bomb set for later.
This is one scene of Chapter 9 — The Settler Redoubt in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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