Zimbabwe

• 1821-1896 Ndebele Kingdom
• 1896-1965 British rule
  • 1896-1923 UK protectorate of Matabeleland
  • 1923-1953 UK colony of Southern Rhodesia
  • 1953-1963 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyassiland
  • 1964-1965 UK Colony
  1965-1980 Independent state
  • 1965-1970 Independent into Commonwealth
  • 1970-1979 Republic of Rhodesia
  • 1979 Zimbabwe-Rhodesia state
  • 1979-1980 UK Colony
• 1980-today Republic

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